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