Monday, July 15, 2013
GRE: Understanding the sentence faster
Understanding the sentence structure is crucial in
revised GRE for reading comprehension as well as Text completion. There are
lots of thing in the sentence that are used intentionally to distract you
getting the gist of the sentence, therefore, you need to get used to read the
main points of the sentence excluding the modifier. Remember, modifier contains
important clue for text completion, but at first just read the sentence for
structure, then come back to modifier looking for clue.Below, there is
sentence, I have illustrated the main point by coloring the important thing.
Look for the subject, verb; it will help you
understand the sentence faster.
With their recognition of Maxine Hong Kingston
as a major literary figure, some critics have suggested
that her works have been produced almost ex nihilo,
saying that they lack a large traceable body of direct
literary antecedents especially within the Chinese
American heritage in which her work is embedded.
as a major literary figure, some critics have suggested
that her works have been produced almost ex nihilo,
saying that they lack a large traceable body of direct
literary antecedents especially within the Chinese
American heritage in which her work is embedded.
With their recognition of Maxine Hong Kingston
as a major literary
figure, some critics have suggested
that her works have been produced almost ex
nihilo,
(saying
that they lack a large traceable body of direct
literary
antecedents especially within the Chinese
American heritage in which her work is
embedded.)
their=whose?=Critics
so the main gist of the sentence is " critics have suggested someone's work have be produce by something( what is something is explained in the bracket
"But these critics, who have examined only the development
of written texts, the most visible signs of a culture’s
narrative production, have overlooked Kingston’s
connection to the long Chinese tradition of a highly
developed genre of song and spoken narrative known
as “talk-story”"
But these critics, who have examined only the development
connection to the long Chinese tradition of a highly
