CAT 2010: Two types of Reading Comprehension passage tones

CAT 2010: Two types of Reading Comprehension passage tones

By: MBAUniverse

In the last article on the tones of passages in the Reading Comprehension, you have seen the second set of tones which were Sarcastic/Satirical, Bemoaning/Regret/Lamenting and Candid. In this continuing article, Sidharth Balakrishna, Author and IIM Calcutta alumnus will discuss the final set of the remaining two tones.

a. Prescriptive/Sermonizing
This is a kind of tone where the author gives some advice, recommendation or suggestion to the readers. “A prescription is similar to the advice a doctor gives you-he tells you to do certain things: for example, a doctor may advise you to take rest, or take a certain medicine a certain number of times in a day and for a certain number of days. A sermon is the talk given by a religious teacher, often telling his followers to believe in something, live their lives in a particular way, follow some practices etc. Think of Jesus Christ’s ‘The Sermon on the Mount’,” Balakrishna explains the meaning along with explanations of the terms ‘prescription’ and ‘sermon’.

Types of passages with Prescriptive/Sermonizing tone:
• A religious discourse in which a spiritual guru gives certain advice to his followers
• An expert in afield giving advice or suggestions to individuals or corporate or others on any matter in which he is a recognized expert
• A teacher telling a student how much to study/ how to study, what he should or shouldn’t do etc

b. Critical/Extolling
These tones are pretty easy to identify by the readers. The author will either criticize something directly or praise openly. “These ones are relatively easy, and you should not have much difficulty in identifying when the other has criticized something or someone or has praised it (the word ‘extol’ means ‘to praise’),” explains Balakrishna.

While concluding, Balakrishna advised that the best way to understand the tone is by reading. “Do not forget that the more you read and practice, the easier it shall become for you to understand which tone has been used by the author. As you will often hear, there is no substitute for reading!” Balakrishna mentions.

Read the previous article:
http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/3198/Reading_Comprehen sion_CAT_2010
http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/3225/Reading_Comprehen sion_Tips

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