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GMAT Reading Comprehension

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1. Preposition after verb 'to credit'

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

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

4. Confusion of absolute numbers and percentages
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
Point of the author's argument. Conclusion words - the One Sentence Test - Fact vs Opinion
After
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.

5. Argument Essay Para 4

6. Items being compared must be both ... and ... comparable
Answers are outside scope - 180s - and irrelevant comparisons.
A native of
Grammatically...logically
Are usually wrong

7. Classic flaws in Critical Reasoning 'Flaw Questions' stem
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
Make sure that the subject of that phrase is what follows the comma (e.g. p175 qq34-36 of coursebook)
'as'
Describe evidence that would STRENGTHEN the argument and CONCLUDE that without such evidence you're not persuaded (DON'T have 1 sad and lonely sentence here).

8. Answer choices with word 'being'...
Supports the conclusion. usually what isn't the conclusion. Sometimes this is just a conjecture.
Mistaking correlation for causation - confusing actual value with percent
Are usually wrong
None

9. Preposition after 'to be considered'
'but also'
1) Read the original sentence carefully - LOOKING FOR ERRORS; if you don't spot errors - go to step 2: 2) Scan and group the answer choices 3) Eliminate choices until only one remains
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)
None

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

11. Argument Essay Paragraph 1

12. Answer choices with 'There is/are/has/have'...
After the verb
OTHER
Native to
Are usually wrong

13. 'With total employment at less than 68000 people...' what should change?
Describe evidence that would STRENGTHEN the argument and CONCLUDE that without such evidence you're not persuaded (DON'T have 1 sad and lonely sentence here).
Native to
Show that you understand the argument by PARAPHRASING it and saying IT FAILS TO CONVINCE (don't have to say why yet)
At FEWER than 68000 people

14. 'Distinguish red ... green' 'distinguish .... red ... green
A common flaw where... lack focus of evidence and focus of conclusion
OTHER
From -between... and
Are usually wrong

15. 'Better than at any time' or 'better than at any OTHER time'?
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
Answers are outside scope - 180s - and irrelevant comparisons.
Only infinitive e.g. 'to turn' (never 'to turning')
OTHER

16. Strategy for Critical Reasoning questions
Non countable things 'How much'
OTHER
1. Identify the question type 2. Untangle the stimulus 3. Predict the answer 4. Evaluate choices
Parallel structure

17. Recoil
A common flaw where... lack focus of evidence and focus of conclusion
From -between... and
Singular
To shrink back physically or emotionally

18. What is the evidence in Critical Reasoning questions?

19. Bolded statement questions commonly ask to choose the answer that...
Finds a connection between the 2 parts of the stimulus in boldface
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.
A native of
Only infinitive e.g. 'to turn' (never 'to turning')

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

21. Limiting Words

22. Disconnect
Make sure there is DIRECT DETAILED support for inference in the question stimulus but usually NOT CATEGORICAL
None
'with'
A common flaw where... lack focus of evidence and focus of conclusion

23. Preposition after 'to be modelled'
Native to
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
After
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)

24. A person is 'a native of' / 'native to' the UK?
Non countable things 'How much'
A native of
Grammatically...logically
Describe evidence that would STRENGTHEN the argument and CONCLUDE that without such evidence you're not persuaded (DON'T have 1 sad and lonely sentence here).

25. Various subjects enumerated with an 'OR' indicates singular or plural for verb conjugation?
Singular
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
Finds a connection between the 2 parts of the stimulus in boldface
Grammatically...logically

26. Argument Essay Para 3

27. Appeal to authority
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
'with'
A common flaw where... 'always -' 'none -' 'some -' and 'only' etc. set boundaries for the logic of an argument. Be careful with scope.
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.)

28. Strategy for Reading Comprehension
Singular
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).
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
Grammatically...logically

29. 'There is' 'There are'. where is the subject
Finds a connection between the 2 parts of the stimulus in boldface
At FEWER than 68000 people
After the verb
'as'

30. Argument Essay Paragraph 2

31. 'Like' or 'unlike' triggers

32. Strategy for Sentence Correction

33. A llama is 'a native of' / 'native to' Peru
Point of the author's argument. Conclusion words - the One Sentence Test - Fact vs Opinion
Native to
Identify another flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable
Answers are outside scope - 180s - and irrelevant comparisons.

34. Reading Comprehension Inference questions
Finds a connection between the 2 parts of the stimulus in boldface
1. Identify the question type 2. Untangle the stimulus 3. Predict the answer 4. Evaluate choices
Make sure there is DIRECT DETAILED support for inference in the question stimulus but usually NOT CATEGORICAL
'with'

35. Analogies - metaphors and other comparisons all require...
OTHER
Parallel structure
After the verb
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.)

36. When there is a modifying phrase at the beginning of the sentence -
1) Read the original sentence carefully - LOOKING FOR ERRORS; if you don't spot errors - go to step 2: 2) Scan and group the answer choices 3) Eliminate choices until only one remains
Make sure that the subject of that phrase is what follows the comma (e.g. p175 qq34-36 of coursebook)
Supports the conclusion. usually what isn't the conclusion. Sometimes this is just a conjecture.
At FEWER than 68000 people

37. A statistical syllogism (proportional syllogism or direct inference)
A native of
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... argues from a generalization true for the most part to a particular case (in contrast to induction - which argues from particular cases to generalisations).
After the verb

38. 'Not only' is always followed by

39. Typical wrong answers in Critical Reasoning
1) Read the original sentence carefully - LOOKING FOR ERRORS; if you don't spot errors - go to step 2: 2) Scan and group the answer choices 3) Eliminate choices until only one remains
Answers are outside scope - 180s - and irrelevant comparisons.
At FEWER than 68000 people
Describe evidence that would STRENGTHEN the argument and CONCLUDE that without such evidence you're not persuaded (DON'T have 1 sad and lonely sentence here).

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

41. Causation/correlation
A native of
A common flaw where... (is the relationship causal? are there other possible causes?)
At FEWER than 68000 people
1. Identify the question type 2. Untangle the stimulus 3. Predict the answer 4. Evaluate choices

42. In Critical Reasoning Inference questions - an inference may follow from a single...
Sentence or fact
Non countable things 'How much'
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.)
After the verb

43. Typical pronouns that cause trouble
To shrink back physically or emotionally
After
It - they - its - their - them - which and that
Identify most offensive flaw in author's reasoning; explain why it is questionable