So, I am currently doing the (2024 Edition) TC and SE Strategy Series-Session 8. At 36:56 in the video Greg pulls up the block of 4 question. A film that is __ can, on occasion, move its audience; the norm, however, is for the films with a lot of __ to do so. Then he turns to the answer choices and says that that films can’t be invigorating (obviously paraphrasing). I believe that would be a great strategy to get into my tool kit. So is there any extra videos explaining this strategy more detailed?
Hi, you can check the following:
Essentially you just find two things in the sentence that are opposites, and naturally the ideas tied to them should be opposites.
A film that is _________ can, on occasion, move its audience; the norm, however, is for the films with a lot of_________ to do so.
Here, we can spot that “on ocassion” and “the norm” are opposites.
on ocassion: films that are _____ move audience
the norm: films that are ______ do so
In order to make these ideas opposite, since everything else is the same, the words describing the types of films (blank 1 and 2) should be opposites
Thank you for the response. I understand that the blanks are, in fact, opposites. The part that I don’t understand is when Greg goes to the questions for the first blank, it was A. subpar, B. humdrum, C. arbitrary, and the second blank was A. intention, B. invigoration, and C. impertinence. The first blank is negative, and the “however” contrasts the idea, so the second blank is positive. In the answer choices, only positives are intention or invigoration. Greg points out that films themselves cannot be invigoration, like the film can be invigorating but not invigoration. Essentially, what I am asking is there videos on Gregmat that go into more depth on this topic? Or are there any outside resources that explains this better? I just never thought of it like that, and it would help my TC/SE out a lot if I could understand this method.
Hi, I think this is the usage strategy:
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