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mundasingh123
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Hi Ron ,
1)You have always stated in Your Classes that Main Idea questions have to be answered after an initial reading of the entire 1st para amd the 1st lines of all subsequent paras .
2)Also the MGMAT RC guide asks students to prepare a skeletal sketch after going thru the entire 1st para and then creating a headline stating the main purpose of each subsequent para .
One difference between your technique and the one propounded by the Guide is that when i follow your technique i have to arrive at the main point after summarizing the 1st para and the 1st lines of each para .
But the guide always holds up a line from the passage , that too not in the the lines that you asked us to incorporate into our initial reading ,to be the main point .
For Example
Electroconvulsive therapy on Page 61 : Main Point of the passage is simply the the first line of the last para ."ECT has proven effective but it remains controversial " as if the other pars had nothing to do with it.
I agree that the good effect of ECT have been highlighted in the 3rd para and the controversy has been highlighted in the 2nd para . But The Guide seems to lead us into the habit of looking for the exact line that will paraphrase the main point . The guide does say that the Main point can be found any where in the passage
1)You have always stated in Your Classes that Main Idea questions have to be answered after an initial reading of the entire 1st para amd the 1st lines of all subsequent paras .
2)Also the MGMAT RC guide asks students to prepare a skeletal sketch after going thru the entire 1st para and then creating a headline stating the main purpose of each subsequent para .
One difference between your technique and the one propounded by the Guide is that when i follow your technique i have to arrive at the main point after summarizing the 1st para and the 1st lines of each para .
But the guide always holds up a line from the passage , that too not in the the lines that you asked us to incorporate into our initial reading ,to be the main point .
For Example
Electroconvulsive therapy on Page 61 : Main Point of the passage is simply the the first line of the last para ."ECT has proven effective but it remains controversial " as if the other pars had nothing to do with it.
I agree that the good effect of ECT have been highlighted in the 3rd para and the controversy has been highlighted in the 2nd para . But The Guide seems to lead us into the habit of looking for the exact line that will paraphrase the main point . The guide does say that the Main point can be found any where in the passage
I Seek Explanations Not Answers
