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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

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



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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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