Peterson's Master the Gre 2010 - Part book includes 9 full-length practice tests , thorough reviews of every section on the exam, and expert tips and strategies from a test prep pro. GRE (Graduage Record Examination General Test) is a commercially-run standardized test and an admission requirement for many graduate schools in USA and other English-speaking countries. GRE can earn you between 200-800 points. | Chapter 14 Reading Comprehension 363 Choice E is too narrow and refers to information not mentioned in the passage. The passage is not just about Reynolds but about the portraiture encounter in general. Also the author does not comment on Reynolds s success or how his relationship with his sitters might have contributed to his success. The author seems concerned with emphasizing that a portrait sitting is a social encounter not just an artistic exercise and that artists consider their relationship with their sitters to be somehow significant. INTERACTIVE READING STRATEGIES Up to this point in the lesson we ve stressed that in reading a GRE passage you should formulate an outline that reveals its basic structure and how its ideas flow from one to the next. In this section we ll focus more closely on this step which lies at the heart of handling GRE Reading Comprehension questions. Think of any GRE reading passage as a structure of ideas. Each passage is designed to convey a number of ideas that are connected in some way. If you understand these ideas and the connections between them then you truly understand the passage as a whole. Focusing on structure helps you in several ways It makes it easy to see the big picture. It is important to see what the passage is about as a whole. It tells you the purpose of the supporting details. Understanding the function of supporting details will help you become a better close reader. The logical structure organizes all the information in the passage. This makes it easy to locate any detail to which a particular question might refer. The structure explains how the author s main points are related to one another. Structure is the backbone of the author s passage. The interrelation of the author s ideas becomes clear the moment you understand the structure of the passage. In the pages ahead you ll learn how to focus on a passage s structure especially by looking for structural clues and how to develop a useful outline. You ll also
