KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors

The original sentence contains a list, so your Pattern Recognition skills should tell you to check for parallel structure. Because the first two items in the list contain “Red period” and “Blue period,” you should expect the third item in the list to follow the adjective-noun pattern and contain “Cubist period.” Instead, this sentence ends with “period of Cubism,” breaking the pattern and making choice (A) incorrect.

Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices

Choices (B) and (C) end with “his Cubist period,” while (A) and (E) reference “his period of Cubism” and (D) ends with the similar construction “his phase of Cubism.” You have a 3-2 split.

Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains

You’ve established that (A) is incorrect, so eliminate (D) and (E) as well. This leaves only (B) and (C) with the correct parallel construction “Cubist period.” The list should also contain the parallel phrases “beginning . . . continuing . . . and finishing.” (C) is wrong because it drops “finishing,” which alters the meaning and also destroys the parallel structure. Only (B) exhibits parallel structure throughout the list and is the correct answer. Read it back into the sentence to confirm there are no errors:

Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed when one considers the various facets of his work as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his Blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period.
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The actual sentence is :
Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed
when one considers the various facets of his work
as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism.

How did the various facets of Picasso's work developed through the artistic phases?
The modifiers "beginning with his Red period......" answers this question.

Note : As the sentence has possessive antecedent Picasso's , we can use possessive pronoun "his" without any question.

Since the modifier to the phases starts with "beginning with ..." we can expect that the phase has an "end" and the periods are not simultaneous.
We can eliminate C, D and E for not mentioning a finish.

In A , "his period of Cubism" is not parallel with his Red period and his blue period.
B is better.

B

IMO-B

A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism-incorrect his period of cubism is not parallel to blue period and red period


B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period
-Correct

C. period, continuing through his blue period, and his Cubist period
Incorrect- it is changing original meaning Finishing is missing .According to original meaning Development start in Red period ,continue in blue period and finished in Cubist period

D. period phase, his blue period phase, and his phase of cubism
Incorrect-it is changing original meaning . According to original meaning Development start in Red period ,continue in blue period and finished in Cubist period

E. period, his blue period, and his period of cubism
Incorrect it is changing original meaning According to original meaning Development start in Red period ,continue in blue period and finished in Cubist period

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Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed when one considers the various facets of his work as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism.

One important thing to note here is that we are describing his artistic phases. So we should pick an answer that reflects his journey.

A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism
'His period of Cubism' is not parallel to Red Period and Blue Period. Eliminate.

B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period
This is correct answer. All phases showcased and parallelism maintained

C. period, continuing through his blue period, and his Cubist period
This is not in sync with the meaning of the sentence. We have to show all his artistic phases. This option is not showcasing that thing. Eliminate.

D. period phase, his blue period phase, and his phase of cubism
This is not in sync with the meaning of the sentence. We have to show all his artistic phases. This option is not showcasing that thing.Eliminate.

E. period, his blue period, and his period of cubism
This is not in sync with the meaning of the sentence. We have to show all his artistic phases. This option is not showcasing that thing.Eliminate.
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Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed when one considers the various facets of his work as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism.


A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism -> "beginning with" something1, "continuing through" something2 and "finishing with" something3, is perfect and makes sense. But, something1, something2 and something3 must be in parallel. Here, "Red period", "blue period" and "period of Cubism" are not parallel. Incorrect.

B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period -> Here, "Red period", "blue period" and "Cubist period" are parallel. Let's keep it.

C. period, continuing through his blue period, and his Cubist period -> we don't have, "finishing with" in last list item. Incorrect.

D. period phase, his blue period phase, and his phase of cubism -> It seems beginning is connecting all different periods, which doesn't make sense.

E. period, his blue period, and his period of cubism -> Same as D.

So, I think B.

Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed when one considers the various facets of his work as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism.


A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism Incorrect

parallelism error - .........his Red period, ......his blue period, ........his period of Cubism

B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period Correct

C. period, continuing through his blue period, and his Cubist period Incorrect

parallelism error - ........, beginning ........., continuing ......and his Cubist.....

D. period phase, his blue period phase, and his phase of cubism Incorrect

parallelism error - ......., beginning ......, his blue......, and his phase......

E. period, his blue period, and his period of cubism Incorrect

parallelism error - ......., beginning ......, his blue......, and his period.......

Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed when one considers the various facets of his work as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism.

All modifiers shall be in paralllel

A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism
It shall be his Cubist period

B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period
All are in parallel. No remarks

C. period, continuing through his blue period, and his Cubist period
present participle is missing

D. period phase, his blue period phase, and his phase of cubism
change in meaning

E. period, his blue period, and his period of cubism
change in meaning

IMO B
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IMO B
Since its the direct application of parallelism, make sure that the skeleton/list is well prepared.

Pablo Picasso’s genius is only fully revealed when one considers the various facets of his work as they developed through many artistic phases, beginning with his Red period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism.

Skeleton:
Picaso's genius....beginning with his X period, continuing through his Y period and finishing with his Z period

A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism

B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period

C. period, continuing through his blue period, and his Cubist period

D. period phase, his blue period phase, and his phase of cubism

E. period, (?)his blue period, and his period of cubism

A. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his period of Cubism

B. period, continuing through his blue period, and finishing with his Cubist period

Why can't A be correct here? As "of cubism" and "Cubist" both are modifier with just different positions. So, the structure of the list id verb modifier, verb modifier and verb modifier.

Hello Shivamgarg24,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option A is not incorrect, as such; the phrase "Cubist period" is just more concise and more parallel with the phrases "Red period" and "blue period", so Option B is just a bit superior to Option A.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
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