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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Questions
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mcat
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Define What the author means by a certain word or phrase 1. As its used in the passage 2. The term implicitly refers to
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Vocab in context
Evaluate Questions
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
2. Take something in passage and apply it to a new situation. New information is provided in the answer choices
Vocab in context
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
New Information Questions
Analogy Questions
3. Answers that mischaracterize the strength of argument (weakly for strongly supported) - Analyze What is precisely good or bad about logic used
Evaluate Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken
Analogy Attractors
Analogy Questions
4. 1. choice that goes furthest toward making it impossible for claim to be true 2. Inconsistent with relevant part of passage
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Structure Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
5. 1. Info of passage in extreme language/absolute 2.choices that aren't necessarily true 3. right answer wrong question
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Inference attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Evaluate Questions
6. 1. Structure Questions 2. Evaluate Questions 3. Strengthen/Weaken 4. New Information 5. Analogy
Vocab in context
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
5 Types of Complex Questions
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
7. 1. Retrieval 2. Inference 3. Vocab in context
3 Specific Question Types
2 Types of General Questions
Evaluate Questions
Vocab in context
8. Provide new facts in the question stem that are never mentioned in the passage - 2 types: 1. Inference 2. Strengthen/Weaken
Analogy Attractors
Evaluate Attractors
New Information Questions
Strengthen/Weaken
9. 1. Choice that provides additional evidence for the claim 2. Choice that fills in logical gap 3. Choice that anticipates and blocks a potential argument against claim
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Strengthen/Weaken
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
10. Test ability to locate info 1. According to the passage 2. The passages that 3. Which of the following is not mentioned:
Structure Questions
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Retrieval
Approach for primary point questions
11. 1. Understate or overstate author's point 2. choice that is too narrow 3. Choices that go beyond the scope of the passage
Vocab in context attractors
Tone/Attitude Attractors
3 Specific Question Types
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
12. Correct answer choice is similar to claim in logic - but does nothing to strength or weaken the claim 1. Wrong tone 2. Do Not eliminate based on topic
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Analogy Attractors
13. Give new facts that are in same general area of passage and ask What is likely true according the passage - Answer question in paraphrase prior to looking at answer choices*
Inference Questions
Tone/Attitude Questions
New Information Inference
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
14. Chose what must be true according to the passage 1. It can be inferred that 2. Based on the passage - it 3. The author implies that 4. Implicit in the passage is 5. The author suggests that 6. It can be reasonably concluded 7. Which of the following
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
5 Types of Complex Questions
Inference Questions
15. 1. Give legitimate dictionary of colloquial/common sense definitions 2. Choices that over generalize or are too narrow
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Retrieval
Inference attractors
Vocab in context attractors
16. Use Goldilock's approach: eliminate What is too big or too small
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Approach for primary point questions
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
17. Retrieval Attractors
18. Asked to evaluate answer choices in terms of how they undermine the passage - 1. Which of the following If True - would strength (or weaken) - Do Not reference passage - but take each choice as if it were true and find the one that does what it needs
5 Types of Complex Questions
Strengthen/Weaken
Structure Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
19. New Information Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Evaluate Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
20. Summarize claims and implications made throughout the passage. Claim supported by specific evidence - Good active reading is key- focus on Verb in answer choice - 1. The main idea 2. the central thesis 3. The author's primary purpose
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
3 Specific Question Types
New Information Questions
Strengthen/Weaken
21. 1. Choices the irrelevant to cited part (out of scope) 2. Do Not eliminate solely based on strong wording (the more it strengthens/weakens - the better)
Retrieval
Evaluate Attractors
Analogy Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
22. Evaluate What effects new information will have on author's argument as a whole
2 Types of General Questions
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Strengthen/Weaken
23. Identify logical structure while asking whether a particular claim is supported in the passage 1. Which of the following claims is supported 2. For which of the following claims is not supported 3. Support offered by conclusion 4. Is (blank) well sup
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Evaluate Questions
Evaluate Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
24. Describe how the author makes their argument; address logical structure along with content - Ask purpose of particular reference: 1. The author probably mentions (blank) in order to 2. The (blank) are cited as evidence that 3. The author describes (b
Structure Questions
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Tone/Attitude Attractors
25. 1. right example - wrong reference 2. Half right - half wrong choices - Correct answer will be consistent with the Main Point of the whole chunk
Structure Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Inference attractors
Inference Questions
26. 1. Choice that take author's opinion to extremes 2. Express opinion for neutral tone 3. Strange attitudes (Ex: obtuse ambiguity)
3 Specific Question Types
New Information Questions
Retrieval
Tone/Attitude Attractors
27. 1. Main Idea/Primary Purpose 2. Tone/Attitude
Structure Questions
2 Types of General Questions
Approach for primary point questions
Vocab in context
28. Evaluate whether or not the author expresses an opinion regarding the material of the passage - Look for annotated opinion indicators 1. The author's tone 2. author's attitude
Retrieval
3 Specific Question Types
Tone/Attitude Questions
Vocab in context