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Lesson 2<br />Understanding Positive and Negative Word Strategy for Sentence Completion<br />Using positive (+) and negative (-) connotations (implied meanings) to annotate answer choices is a productive way to eliminate wrong answer choices. This strategy is particularly useful for questions with two blanks.<br />Example:<br />Although the British public once __(+)_____ Prince Edward VIII, the would-be king who renounced his claim to the throne in order to marry a commoner, recent revelations about the Prince’s Nazi sympathies during World War II have ___(-)_____ such positive feelings.<br />-We know that for the most part feelings associated with Nazi sympathies are negative (-). The word although establishes a reversal so we can determine that the first blank should be (+).<br />The formula you should have established is (+)(-)<br />Revered…assuaged
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Admired…minimizedThe technique can also be used for single-blank questions:<br />Example:<br />Their mutual teasing seemed ____(+)____ because the two co-workers enjoyed poking fun at each other.<br />Although teasing carries a negative (-) connotation, enjoyed poking fun is a positive connotation (+). Therefore (+) is the symbol you should have inserted in the blank.<br />(A)Harassing<br />Good-natured(C)Vindictive<br />(D)Enamored<br />   (E)Truculent<br />Lesson 3
Fill-in-the-Blank StrategyAn effective strategy is to fill in the blank with your own word and then match it with one of the answer choices. This is a four step process:<br />Identify the key words or phrases.
Determine what the blank is modifying.
Mentally fill in the blank with a word that seems to complete the sentence logically. You can use simple words.

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Lesson 2

  • 1. Lesson 2<br />Understanding Positive and Negative Word Strategy for Sentence Completion<br />Using positive (+) and negative (-) connotations (implied meanings) to annotate answer choices is a productive way to eliminate wrong answer choices. This strategy is particularly useful for questions with two blanks.<br />Example:<br />Although the British public once __(+)_____ Prince Edward VIII, the would-be king who renounced his claim to the throne in order to marry a commoner, recent revelations about the Prince’s Nazi sympathies during World War II have ___(-)_____ such positive feelings.<br />-We know that for the most part feelings associated with Nazi sympathies are negative (-). The word although establishes a reversal so we can determine that the first blank should be (+).<br />The formula you should have established is (+)(-)<br />Revered…assuaged
  • 5. Admired…minimizedThe technique can also be used for single-blank questions:<br />Example:<br />Their mutual teasing seemed ____(+)____ because the two co-workers enjoyed poking fun at each other.<br />Although teasing carries a negative (-) connotation, enjoyed poking fun is a positive connotation (+). Therefore (+) is the symbol you should have inserted in the blank.<br />(A)Harassing<br />Good-natured(C)Vindictive<br />(D)Enamored<br /> (E)Truculent<br />Lesson 3
  • 6. Fill-in-the-Blank StrategyAn effective strategy is to fill in the blank with your own word and then match it with one of the answer choices. This is a four step process:<br />Identify the key words or phrases.
  • 7. Determine what the blank is modifying.
  • 8. Mentally fill in the blank with a word that seems to complete the sentence logically. You can use simple words.
  • 9. Look at the answer choices given. You will find one of the following to be true:
  • 10. The word you picked is an actual answer choice.
  • 11. A synonym for the word you inserted is one of the answer choices.
  • 12. None of the answer choices have the same meaning as the word you chose.Example:<br />The ___(kind)___ nun gave up her own life to help others.<br />Wretched