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MCAT Verbal Reasoning
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Subjects
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mcat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 27 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Work it through and complete all questions
Go back
Dealing with easy passage
Step 5: Attack The Aquestions
What to do with long ass convoluted questions?
2. Most important - primarily - chiefly - key - crucial
General question types(2)
List Markers
Verbal Fundamentals Step 1:Rank and Order
Emphasis Words- catch your attention
3. Structure - Evaluate - Strengthen/Weaken - New information - analogy
Step 2: Preview the questions
Complex question types(5)
General question types(2)
Comparison And Contrast when passage describes two things as different. wrong answers will say they are the same
4. Finally - fortunately - thankfully - unfortunately - sadly
Verbal Fundamentals Step 1:Rank and Order
Go back
Opinion Indicators
Specific question types(3)
5. Skim through passage and the questions. Base the ranking on difficulty of passage and the difficulty of the question.
Attractors that commonly appear
Examples to follow
Verbal Fundamentals Step 1:Rank and Order
List Markers
6. Main idea/Primary purpose - Tone/ Attitude
Transition - further developing or explaining the point that was made
Step 4: Bottom Line
Examples to follow
General question types(2)
7. Therefore - thus - so - consequently - clearly
3 formats for All question types
Conclusion Words- summing up Main points
Names
How to attack the question?
8. Retrieval - Inference - Vocab in context
Specific question types(3)
Complex question types(5)
Names
Transition - further developing or explaining the point that was made
9. But/ despite - yet/ except - nonetheless/ in contrast - in spite of the fact that/ however - although/ nevertheless - admittedly/ even though
Know Pivotal Words
What to do with long ass convoluted questions?
3 formats for All question types
Complex question types(5)
10. Think of each question as assigning you a task; what mission do you need to accomplish. What do I need to do?
Go back
Names
Examples to follow
How to attack the question?
11. Use highlight function to annotate important parts - Topic sentences - shifts in direction - Different POV - Conclusion - Try to right the MP of each paragraph(especially on difficult passages)
Write it down
Indentify question type
3 formats for All question types
Step 3: Work The Passage
12. Articulate your answer to the question once you have found relevant information in the text - if its very hard then...
Step 4: Bottom Line
Examples to follow
Comparison And Contrast when passage describes two things as different. wrong answers will say they are the same
Write it down
13. General question require general answer and can usually be answered with your own statement of the Bottom line - Specific answers choices are narrow and require going back to the passage. Complex question may require you to go back and then do a plet
Indentify question type
How to attack the question?
Know Pivotal Words
Opinion Indicators
14. think about conclusion being supported by the example - for example - because - since - in this case - in illustration
Examples to follow
Transition - further developing or explaining the point that was made
Specific question types(3)
General question types(2)
15. First - Second - Third
Step 3: Work The Passage
Step 4: Bottom Line
General question types(2)
List Markers
16. Furthermore - additionally - also
List Markers
Examples to follow
How to attack the question?
Transition - further developing or explaining the point that was made
17. After reading - sum everything into a bottom line with the main point and tone of entire passage
Step 4: Bottom Line
Conclusion Words- summing up Main points
Write it down
Complex question types(5)
18. Paraphrase put it in your own words as simply as possible. Define the task then answer the question
List Markers
10 basic question types
What to do with long ass convoluted questions?
Step 2: Preview the questions
19. Some specific and complex question do not give you lead words as clues. 1st - eliminate the choices that are inconsistent with bottom line! 2nd - ______ to passage to check remaining choices
3 formats for All question types
Names
Conclusion Words- summing up Main points
Go back
20. Try to see what you keywords to look for in the passage
Step 2: Preview the questions
10 basic question types
Comparison And Contrast when passage describes two things as different. wrong answers will say they are the same
Know Pivotal Words
21. Fill in a random guess for each question and use the Mark button to show its a skipped over passage. Mark which passages were skipped on scratch paper
Step 4: Bottom Line
Dealing with harder passage
Know Pivotal Words
Specific question types(3)
22. Do question in groups - 1) Specific questions First - 2) General question Second - 3) Complex question Last - Strategy: Read question word for word - Translate into my words - With question in mind think about What the right answer will do - Do not
Comparison And Contrast when passage describes two things as different. wrong answers will say they are the same
Step 5: Attack The Aquestions
Step 3: Work The Passage
3 formats for All question types
23. When using POE and down to 2 choices: Actively look for which answer may have ___________________ for that question type
General question types(2)
Attractors that commonly appear
What to do with long ass convoluted questions?
Dealing with harder passage
24. 1. Retrieval - 2. Inference - 3. Vocabulary in context - 4. Main idea/Primary purpose - 5. Tone/Attitude - 6. Structure - 7. Evaluate - 8. Stengthen/Weaken - 9. New Information - 10. Analogy
Specific question types(3)
Step 2: Preview the questions
Attractors that commonly appear
10 basic question types
25. Similarly like - analogy - unlike - in contrast - the difference between - later - before/after
Step 4: Bottom Line
Step 5: Attack The Aquestions
Comparison And Contrast when passage describes two things as different. wrong answers will say they are the same
10 basic question types
26. Standard - question task in direct Except/Least/ Not - find the exception Roman Numeral
Step 5: Attack The Aquestions
General question types(2)
3 formats for All question types
What to do with long ass convoluted questions?
27. Highlight any names!!!
Names
Step 3: Work The Passage
Complex question types(5)
Step 2: Preview the questions