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HOW to SOLVE GRE VERBAL QUESTIONS

TEXT COMPLETIONS Text Completions occupy a middle ground between Sentence Equivalence and Reading Comprehension. You will be given a small passage— one to five sentences—with one, two, or three blanks. If the passage has one blank, you will have five answer choices. If it has two or three blanks, you will be given three answer choices per blank. You have to independently fill in each blank to get credit for the question. The overall approach is the same. Ignore the answer choices. Find the story being told (there will always be a story), and come up with your own words for the blank. Here’s what a three-blank Text Completion will look like: Question 5 Proponents of the International Style in architecture called for reducing buildings to purely functional form and found beauty in highlighting ____(i)_____ features. They rejected references to _____(ii)____ and historical styles and  fiered designs indifferent to location, a quality subsequently ____(iii)_____ by those who viewed the