GMAT Lesson 8

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Lesson 8

Critical Reasoning 2

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Farbood Nivi

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ReviewReading Comprehension

1. ID the Question Type2. Work the Answer Choices3. Check with the Passage

Main IdeaLine ReferenceInfer/ImplyExplicitly StatedLogical Structure

Question Types Reviewed

Notice OpinionsNotice ExtremeLanguageRead for authors angle

Read for structureRead for overall picture

How to Read

How to Answer



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Goals1. Understand the question type.

2. Analyze and synthesize theparagraph.

3. Work the answer choices.

paragraph

question

answers

Critical ReasoningLogic and Argumentation



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paragraph

question

answers


Bad Reasoning

Wild Conclusions

Conclusions, Premises,Assumption

Reads like a story



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paragraph

question

answers


Specific Types

Not Good Questions

Specific Language



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paragraph

question

answers


Test the Answers

Ask the Right Question

Good thing its not the LSAT



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Conclusion Assumption Premise

stated

true

tv news story

unstated

must be true (MBT)

links the premiseto the conclusion

would be a premiseif it was stated

stated

true



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Language Logic

can could sometimes

must always never will

many most some

Conditional Statements

Contrapositive

Transitive Property

Venn Diagramsevidenceexample

counter-example

Language first, then Logic



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Assumptions

Weaken

Inference

Strengthen

Argument Structure

Evaluation of a Plan

Complete the Passage

Flaw

Resolve Argument



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Must this be true for theargument to make sense?

If this was an additional premise,would the argument be worse?

If this was an additional premise,would the argument be better?

Assumptions

Weaken

Inference

Strengthen



Flaw

Resolve Argument

Argument Structure



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Must this be true based on what

was stated?

Evaluate or Propose

Which follows best?

Assumptions

Weaken

Strengthen



Flaw

Resolve Argument

Argument Structure

Inference



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Inference

ID the questionID the question

Test the answers

infer if above trueconclude/conclusion

story? list of info?Breakdown

the paragraph

Must this be true basedon what was stated?



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Test the answers

evaluate policypropose plan

story vs data dumpBreakdown

the paragraph

Language before logic



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Test the answers

blank at the endof statement

Breakdownthe paragraph

Language before logic



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1. Why is the right answer right?

2. Why did I think it was wrong?

3. Why is the wrong answer wrong?

4. Why did I think it was right?


Close the Learning Loop


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Homework

Grockit Standard Members

18 Critical Reasoning Questions

6 Inference6 Evaluation of a Plan6 Complete the Passage

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GMAT Lesson 8

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