Verbal Flashcards
- Be aware of a parallelism
- “Having corn syrup” is meant to parallel to be parallel to the relative clause “which tastes”. When relative clauses are parallel, they should start with the same relative pronoun.
What are the 4 steps to approaching any Critical Reasoning question?
- Identify the question
- Deconstruct the argument
- State the goal
- Work from wrong to right
What are the alternative suggestive wording to identify the type of Fill in the Blank question types?
Write out the “Strengthen the Argument Cheat Sheet”
Write out the Weaken the Argument Cheat Sheet
List the steps of the Evaluate the Argument Cheat Sheet
List the steps of the Find the Flaw in the Argument Cheat Sheet
How do you tell the difference between an Inference and Strengthen the argument question?
- How can you identify an inference question?
- How do you deconstruct an inference question?
- How do you work through inference question answers?
- How do you identify an “Explain the difference” question?
- How do you deconstruct and Explain the difference question?
- How do you work through the answers of an Explain the difference question?
Write out the “Find the Assumption” Cheat Sheet
- Identify the Question Type
- Deconstruct the Argument
- State the goal: What does the author believe must be true in order to draw their conclusion
- Work backwards
How much time should you spend on each RC, SC, CR question?
- Reading Comprehension (Specific questions): 1-3 minutes
- Sentence Correction: 45 seconds - 2 minutes
- Critical Reasoning: 1-3 minutes
- Reading Comprehension (General questions): 45 seconds - 2 minutes
What are the 6 key takeaways to sentence subject verb agreement and structure?
What are conjunctions used for and what are the common conjunctions?
Conjunctions are used to combine two independent clauses
Common Conjunctions FANBOYS
- For
- And
- Nor
- But
- Or
- Yet
- So
