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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Questions
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MCAT Verbal Reasoning Questions
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1. Give new facts that are in same general area of passage and ask What is likely true according the passage - Answer question in paraphrase prior to looking at answer choices*

2. 1. Give legitimate dictionary of colloquial/common sense definitions 2. Choices that over generalize or are too narrow

3. 1. choice that goes furthest toward making it impossible for claim to be true 2. Inconsistent with relevant part of passage

4. 1. Retrieval 2. Inference 3. Vocab in context

5. 1. right example - wrong reference 2. Half right - half wrong choices - Correct answer will be consistent with the Main Point of the whole chunk

6. Define What the author means by a certain word or phrase 1. As its used in the passage 2. The term implicitly refers to

7. Answers that mischaracterize the strength of argument (weakly for strongly supported) - Analyze What is precisely good or bad about logic used

8. Describe how the author makes their argument; address logical structure along with content - Ask purpose of particular reference: 1. The author probably mentions (blank) in order to 2. The (blank) are cited as evidence that 3. The author describes (b

9. Chose what must be true according to the passage 1. It can be inferred that 2. Based on the passage - it 3. The author implies that 4. Implicit in the passage is 5. The author suggests that 6. It can be reasonably concluded 7. Which of the following

10. Take something in passage and apply it to a new situation. New information is provided in the answer choices

11. Test ability to locate info 1. According to the passage 2. The passages that 3. Which of the following is not mentioned:

12. Correct answer choice is similar to claim in logic - but does nothing to strength or weaken the claim 1. Wrong tone 2. Do Not eliminate based on topic

13. 1. Choices the irrelevant to cited part (out of scope) 2. Do Not eliminate solely based on strong wording (the more it strengthens/weakens - the better)

14. 1. Choice that provides additional evidence for the claim 2. Choice that fills in logical gap 3. Choice that anticipates and blocks a potential argument against claim

15. Asked to evaluate answer choices in terms of how they undermine the passage - 1. Which of the following If True - would strength (or weaken) - Do Not reference passage - but take each choice as if it were true and find the one that does what it needs

16. New Information Attractors

17. Identify logical structure while asking whether a particular claim is supported in the passage 1. Which of the following claims is supported 2. For which of the following claims is not supported 3. Support offered by conclusion 4. Is (blank) well sup

18. Provide new facts in the question stem that are never mentioned in the passage - 2 types: 1. Inference 2. Strengthen/Weaken

19. 1. Main Idea/Primary Purpose 2. Tone/Attitude

20. 1. Structure Questions 2. Evaluate Questions 3. Strengthen/Weaken 4. New Information 5. Analogy