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GRE Verbal Reasoning Flashcards: Function Of Sentence Paragraph

Study Function Of Sentence Paragraph in GRE Verbal Reasoning with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Identify the function: "Thus, the evidence suggests that the policy's benefits exceed its costs."

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ANSWER

State a conclusion drawn from preceding evidence. 'Thus' indicates a logical summation, synthesizing evidence to affirm the policy's net positive impact.

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GRE Verbal Reasoning: Reading Comprehension

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This deck focuses on Function Of Sentence Paragraph, giving you a quick way to review the definitions, rules, and examples that matter most for GRE Verbal Reasoning.

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Passage: In discussions of urban heat, policymakers often treat tree planting as an unalloyed good: more canopy, the reasoning goes, must always lower temperatures. Yet this assumption overlooks how cooling is produced. Shade reduces incoming solar radiation, but evapotranspiration—the release of water vapor from leaves—can be equally important, and it depends on adequate soil moisture. In drought-prone cities, trees with high water demand may provide substantial shade while simultaneously intensifying competition for limited water, prompting restrictions that reduce irrigation for all vegetation. A recent modeling study compared two greening strategies across neighborhoods with similar building density. The first emphasized fast-growing, high-canopy species; the second used smaller, drought-tolerant species paired with reflective pavement. Under typical summer conditions, both strategies reduced daytime surface temperatures. During simulated multiweek droughts, however, the high-canopy strategy lost much of its cooling benefit as stomata closed and evapotranspiration declined, whereas the mixed strategy retained more stable cooling. These results do not imply that large-canopy trees are a mistake. Rather, they suggest that planting programs should be evaluated as water-and-heat interventions together, not as a single-variable canopy target. The primary function of the final paragraph is to:
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