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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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1. 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
Approach for primary point questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Inference Questions
2. 1. Give legitimate dictionary of colloquial/common sense definitions 2. Choices that over generalize or are too narrow
New Information Inference
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
Vocab in context attractors
3. 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
New Information Inference
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Inference attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
4. 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
Evaluate Attractors
Approach for primary point questions
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Analogy Attractors
5. Evaluate What effects new information will have on author's argument as a whole
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Inference Questions
6. 1. Main Idea/Primary Purpose 2. Tone/Attitude
Evaluate Questions
2 Types of General Questions
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Strengthen/Weaken
7. 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*
Vocab in context
New Information Inference
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Inference attractors
8. 1. Choice that take author's opinion to extremes 2. Express opinion for neutral tone 3. Strange attitudes (Ex: obtuse ambiguity)
Vocab in context
New Information Inference
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Inference Questions
9. 1. choice that goes furthest toward making it impossible for claim to be true 2. Inconsistent with relevant part of passage
Vocab in context attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Evaluate Questions
Structure Attractors
10. 1. Retrieval 2. Inference 3. Vocab in context
Structure Questions
3 Specific Question Types
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
Vocab in context attractors
11. 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
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Evaluate Attractors
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
12. Provide new facts in the question stem that are never mentioned in the passage - 2 types: 1. Inference 2. Strengthen/Weaken
New Information Questions
Inference Questions
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Evaluate Attractors
13. 1. right example - wrong reference 2. Half right - half wrong choices - Correct answer will be consistent with the Main Point of the whole chunk
Tone/Attitude Questions
Approach for primary point questions
Structure Attractors
Structure Questions
14. Use Goldilock's approach: eliminate What is too big or too small
Analogy Questions
5 Types of Complex Questions
Approach for primary point questions
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
15. 1. Understate or overstate author's point 2. choice that is too narrow 3. Choices that go beyond the scope of the passage
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Tone/Attitude Questions
Retrieval
Evaluate Attractors
16. 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
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Attractors
Structure Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
Tone/Attitude Questions
17. Test ability to locate info 1. According to the passage 2. The passages that 3. Which of the following is not mentioned:
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
New Information Inference
Vocab in context attractors
Retrieval
18. Define What the author means by a certain word or phrase 1. As its used in the passage 2. The term implicitly refers to
Vocab in context
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
Analogy Attractors
2 Types of General Questions
19. 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)
Inference Questions
2 Types of General Questions
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
20. Answers that mischaracterize the strength of argument (weakly for strongly supported) - Analyze What is precisely good or bad about logic used
3 things to finding correct Strengthen answer choice
Strengthen/Weaken
Evaluate Attractors
Strengthen/Weaken Attractors
21. Take something in passage and apply it to a new situation. New information is provided in the answer choices
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
5 Types of Complex Questions
Analogy Questions
Inference Questions
22. 1. Info of passage in extreme language/absolute 2.choices that aren't necessarily true 3. right answer wrong question
Evaluate Attractors
Inference Questions
Inference attractors
Vocab in context attractors
23. Retrieval Attractors
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24. 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
New Information Inference
Evaluate Questions
Structure Questions
Approach for primary point questions
25. New Information Attractors
1. Choice focuses on wrong part of passage 2. Choices inconsistent with the passage - or are irrelevant 3. Extreme language 4. Opp
Evaluate Attractors
Structure Attractors
New Information Inference
26. 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
Tone/Attitude Attractors
Main Idea/Primary Purpose
5 Types of Complex Questions
Structure Questions
27. 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
Finding correct Weaken answer choice
1. Right answer - wrong question 2. Sounds like - but can't be true 3. too extreme
Strengthen/Weaken
Vocab in context attractors
28. 1. Structure Questions 2. Evaluate Questions 3. Strengthen/Weaken 4. New Information 5. Analogy
5 Types of Complex Questions
New Information Strengthen/Weaken
Evaluate Attractors
Structure Questions