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** simplifying means isolating the core elements of a sentence or paragraph | ** simplifying means isolating the core elements of a sentence or paragraph | ||
* simplify by eliminating unnecessary sentence parts and modifiers and modifying phrases | * simplify by eliminating unnecessary sentence parts and modifiers and modifying phrases | ||
>> ex. | >> ex. from Official Practice Test 3, Question 4: | ||
Certain of her | |||
acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful | |||
admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on | |||
behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being | |||
“none of her business.” | |||
* "remove the noise" from the text by ignoring words you do not fully comprehend<br /> | |||
Certain of her | |||
[somebodies] were [something] to give her plentiful | |||
[something] as to the undesirability of interfering on | |||
behalf of a [something] animal, such interference being | |||
“none of her business.” | |||
* simplify to: | |||
Certain [people] give her plentiful [something] about | |||
interfering on behalf of an animal, bc that interference | |||
is “none of her business.” | |||
=== Timed test === | === Timed test === |