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GMAT Reading Comprehension

Subjects : gmat, reading-and-comprehension

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Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Various subjects enumerated with an 'OR' indicates singular or plural for verb conjugation?
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
Singular
1. Identify the question type 2. Untangle the stimulus 3. Predict the answer 4. Evaluate choices
Parallel structure

2. Reading Comprehension Inference questions
Make sure there is DIRECT DETAILED support for inference in the question stimulus but usually NOT CATEGORICAL
After
Non countable things 'How much'
From -between... and

3. In Critical Reasoning Inference questions - an inference may follow from a single...
Sentence or fact
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
A comparison trap i.e. make sure that the word after like is compared to something of a similar kind (apples and apples) e.g. 'Unlike Latvia - Lithuania - the economy of Estonia...' is incorrect (take out the economy of)
After the verb

4. Bolded statement questions commonly ask to choose the answer that...
Finds a connection between the 2 parts of the stimulus in boldface
'as'
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
Singular

5. Classic flaws in Critical Reasoning 'Flaw Questions' stem
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
Countable things 'How many'
Are usually wrong
It - they - its - their - them - which and that

6. Argument Essay Para 4

7. Disconnect
A common flaw where... lack focus of evidence and focus of conclusion
At FEWER than 68000 people
Supports the conclusion. usually what isn't the conclusion. Sometimes this is just a conjecture.
'with'

8. Argument Essay Paragraph 1

9. To+verb: verb can be in which tense?

10. Analogies - metaphors and other comparisons all require...
Parallel structure
Only infinitive e.g. 'to turn' (never 'to turning')
'with'
Show that you understand the argument by PARAPHRASING it and saying IT FAILS TO CONVINCE (don't have to say why yet)

11. Recoil
To shrink back physically or emotionally
Native to
Make sure that the subject of that phrase is what follows the comma (e.g. p175 qq34-36 of coursebook)
After the verb

12. Confusion of absolute numbers and percentages
A common flaw where... for example - which is larger - one-third of x or one-half of y? Without any information to compare x and y - we cannot answer this question.
Answers are outside scope - 180s - and irrelevant comparisons.
Are usually wrong
After

13. 'With total employment at less than 68000 people...' what should change?
At FEWER than 68000 people
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
Non countable things 'How much'
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)

14. What is the evidence in Critical Reasoning questions?

15. A statistical syllogism (proportional syllogism or direct inference)
1) Read strategically: Passage Map - Topic/Scope/Purpose or Main Idea 2) Analyse question stem 3) Research relevant text in passage 4) Make Prediction 5) Evaluate answer choices
A native of
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
A common flaw where... argues from a generalization true for the most part to a particular case (in contrast to induction - which argues from particular cases to generalisations).

16. Strategy for Reading Comprehension
1) Read strategically: Passage Map - Topic/Scope/Purpose or Main Idea 2) Analyse question stem 3) Research relevant text in passage 4) Make Prediction 5) Evaluate answer choices
A common flaw where... (Most of what authority a has to say on subject matter S is correct. a says p about S. Therefore - p is correct.)
'with'
A comparison trap i.e. make sure that the word after like is compared to something of a similar kind (apples and apples) e.g. 'Unlike Latvia - Lithuania - the economy of Estonia...' is incorrect (take out the economy of)

17. Strategy for Sentence Correction

18. Causation/correlation
After
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)
From -between... and

19. 'Less' and 'amount' refer to ...and answer the question...

20. What is the conclusion in Critical Reasoning questions? How do you find it.

21. Limiting Words

22. A llama is 'a native of' / 'native to' Peru
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
A common flaw where... for example - which is larger - one-third of x or one-half of y? Without any information to compare x and y - we cannot answer this question.
Native to
A native of

23. Items being compared must be both ... and ... comparable
Native to
Grammatically...logically
At FEWER than 68000 people
Point of the author's argument. Conclusion words - the One Sentence Test - Fact vs Opinion

24. 'There is' 'There are'. where is the subject
Only infinitive e.g. 'to turn' (never 'to turning')
'as'
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)
After the verb

25. Strategy for Critical Reasoning questions
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
Show that you understand the argument by PARAPHRASING it and saying IT FAILS TO CONVINCE (don't have to say why yet)
1. Identify the question type 2. Untangle the stimulus 3. Predict the answer 4. Evaluate choices
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)

26. Preposition after 'to be modelled'
Only infinitive e.g. 'to turn' (never 'to turning')
Supports the conclusion. usually what isn't the conclusion. Sometimes this is just a conjecture.
After
'as'

27. 'Like' or 'unlike' triggers

28. Argument Essay Para 3

29. Argument Essay Paragraph 2

30. A person is 'a native of' / 'native to' the UK?
Identify most offensive flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
'but also'
A native of
To shrink back physically or emotionally

31. Preposition after 'to be considered'
None
Non countable things 'How much'
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
From -between... and

32. Typical pronouns that cause trouble
A comparison trap i.e. make sure that the word after like is compared to something of a similar kind (apples and apples) e.g. 'Unlike Latvia - Lithuania - the economy of Estonia...' is incorrect (take out the economy of)
Sentence or fact
It - they - its - their - them - which and that
A common flaw where... 'always -' 'none -' 'some -' and 'only' etc. set boundaries for the logic of an argument. Be careful with scope.

33. Appeal to authority
A common flaw where... (Most of what authority a has to say on subject matter S is correct. a says p about S. Therefore - p is correct.)
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)
Make sure there is DIRECT DETAILED support for inference in the question stimulus but usually NOT CATEGORICAL
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable

34. Typical wrong answers in Critical Reasoning
Answers are outside scope - 180s - and irrelevant comparisons.
Make sure there is DIRECT DETAILED support for inference in the question stimulus but usually NOT CATEGORICAL
1) Read strategically: Passage Map - Topic/Scope/Purpose or Main Idea 2) Analyse question stem 3) Research relevant text in passage 4) Make Prediction 5) Evaluate answer choices
Supports the conclusion. usually what isn't the conclusion. Sometimes this is just a conjecture.

35. When there is a modifying phrase at the beginning of the sentence -
OTHER
Make sure that the subject of that phrase is what follows the comma (e.g. p175 qq34-36 of coursebook)
Only infinitive e.g. 'to turn' (never 'to turning')
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)

36. Answer choices with word 'being'...
Are usually wrong
Countable things 'How many'
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
A comparison trap i.e. make sure that the word after like is compared to something of a similar kind (apples and apples) e.g. 'Unlike Latvia - Lithuania - the economy of Estonia...' is incorrect (take out the economy of)

37. 'Better than at any time' or 'better than at any OTHER time'?
Identify most offensive flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
Countable things 'How many'
1) Read strategically: Passage Map - Topic/Scope/Purpose or Main Idea 2) Analyse question stem 3) Research relevant text in passage 4) Make Prediction 5) Evaluate answer choices
OTHER

38. 'Fewer' and 'number' refer to ...and answer the question...

39. To be regarded 'as' or not 'as'

40. Preposition after verb 'to credit'

41. 'Distinguish red ... green' 'distinguish .... red ... green
Countable things 'How many'
'with'
Identify most offensive flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
From -between... and

42. Answer choices with 'There is/are/has/have'...
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
'as'
None
Are usually wrong

43. 'Not only' is always followed by