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