Hello everyone!
For “(ETS Practice) In the GRE Big Book, on p. 48, for questions 1-7, determine whether the blank or blanks are part of ideas that are being supported or contrasted.” that is part of homework for “(2024 Edition with ETS Material) TC and SE Strategy Series - Session 1”, we don’t have answers - So, how do I validate whether my analysis for whether the blanks are part of ideas supporting or opposing each other is correct?
Could anyone check my analysis below?
These are for the 7 sentences on Page 50 of the Big Book - requesting you to refer to the same.
First sentence: The first blank and second blank are part of ideas opposing each other due to the presence of the word “though”. It is like (-) for first blank because something bad must be filled in the first blank contextually due to the presence of “by false allegations of misconduct”, and (+) for the 2nd blank because something good must be filled in contextually.
Second sentence: The part before “;” has to support the part after “;”. So, the blank must have something that is aligned with “strictly regional themes”. Logic is - if the part after the semicolon says that it is more likely X than Y, the part it is not Y before the semicolon supports the part after it.
Third sentence: The blanks are part of opposing ideas due to the word “than”. It is like (+) for the 1st blank because something good must be filled in the first blank because business students are better than the other students, while the 2nd blank must have something (-) filled in the blank for the very same reason.
Fourth sentence: The first blank must be something (+) because the part after “comma + which” is supporting the part with the first blank. The 2nd blank must have something (-) due to the word otherwise - great merit is supposed to be found in something that is great or popular, but the word otherwise indicates the opposite of great and popular - am I making sense?
Fifth sentence: The blank must have something that is the opposite of “broader impact”.
Sixth sentence: The first blank must have something that is the opposite of “great variety” and must be something that is also aligned, at least at some level, with simplicity. The second blank must have something that implies change from something that is the opposite of “great variety” to “great variety”. So, this is a “contrast” setup because of the word “began” that implies change, hence contrast.
Seventh sentence: The blanks are part of supporting ideas - first blank will have something (-), and the second blank will have something that leads to that (-) quality/ adjective…