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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Attractor Types
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Subjects
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mcat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 15 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. Specific to Strengthen/Weaken. Choice is too wishy- washy to affect author's argument
Not strong enough
Wrong point of view
Half right/half wrong
Outside knowledge
2. Too narrow is specific to general questions: contains only part of author's major claim Additionally - can over generalize - Use Goldilock's approach
Garbled language
Too broad/too narrow
Superlatives
No such comparison
3. Uses vocabulary from passage - but meaning is changed
Superlatives
Not the issue
Word out of context
No such comparison
4. Answer brings new ideas that are not discussed in the passage
No such comparison
Wrong point of view
Not the issue
Right answer/wrong question
5. Predicting the future or goes beyond timeframe
Opposite/negations
Crystal ball
Right answer/wrong question
No such comparison
6. Choice are supported by passage - but not relevant to the question being asked - Between 2 choices - re - read question question stem to avoid
Right answer/wrong question
Not the issue
Half right/half wrong
Crystal ball
7. Familiar words that are difficult and impossible to understand - Select only if other choices are eliminated
Crystal ball
Garbled language
Not the issue
Half right/half wrong
8. That something mentioned and compare it to something that is not; compare to two things mentioned by the author - but comparison is not supported
Garbled language
Wrong point of view
No such comparison
Too broad/too narrow
9. Makes a statement that is true - but not directly supported by the passage
Outside knowledge
Not the issue
Opposite/negations
Absolutes
10. Words like - first - last - best - worst (anything - est) that aren't supported in the passage
Right answer/wrong question
Not strong enough
Superlatives
Garbled language
11. Language used in choice is much stronger than the language in the passage (none - always - never)
Not strong enough
Absolutes
Crystal ball
Word out of context
12. Part of answer is dead on - and other part is not supported
Not the issue
Superlatives
Half right/half wrong
Too broad/too narrow
13. Point of view different than one referred to in the question stem
No such comparison
Crystal ball
Not strong enough
Wrong point of view
14. Take sentence from passage - but reverse its meaning
Not the issue
Opposite/negations
Not strong enough
Garbled language
15. Passes judgement - but passage is neutral in tone - or interpret author's state of mind in a way not supported by the passage
Judgements and recommendations
Right answer/wrong question
Crystal ball
Absolutes