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GMAT TV
Lesson 8

Critical Reasoning 2

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 Review
Reading Comprehension
How to Read
Notice Opinions
Notice Extreme
Language Question Types Reviewed
Read for author’s angle
Read for structure Main Idea
Read for overall picture Line Reference
Infer/Imply
‘Explicitly Stated’
Logical Structure
How to Answer
1. ID the Question Type
2. Work the Answer Choices
3. Check with the Passage

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 Critical Reasoning
Logic and Argumentation

paragraph
Goals
1. Understand the question type.
question
2. Analyze and synthesize the
paragraph.

3. Work the answer choices.

answers

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 Critical Reasoning
Logic and Argumentation

paragraph
Bad Reasoning

Wild Conclusions
question
Conclusions, Premises,
Assumption

Reads like a story

answers

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 Critical Reasoning
Logic and Argumentation

paragraph

Specific Types
question
Not Good Questions

Specific Language

answers

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 Critical Reasoning
Logic and Argumentation

paragraph

question

Test the Answers

answers Ask the Right Question

Good thing it’s not the LSAT

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 Conclusion Assumption Premise

stated unstated stated

true must be true (MBT) true

links the premise

tv news story
to the conclusion

would be a premise
if it was stated

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 Language Logic

can could sometimes Conditional Statements

must always never will Contrapositive

many most some Transitive Property

evidence
example Venn Diagrams
counter-example

Language first, then Logic

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 Assumptions

Weaken

Strengthen

Inference

Evaluation of a Plan

Complete the Passage

Argument Structure

Flaw

Resolve Argument

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 Must this be true for the
Assumptions
argument to make sense?

Weaken If this was an additional premise,

would the argument be worse?

Strengthen If this was an additional premise,

would the argument be better?
Inference

Evaluation of a Plan
Complete the Passage
Argument Structure
Flaw
Resolve Argument

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 Assumptions

Weaken

Strengthen
Must this be true based on what
Inference
was stated?
Evaluation of a Plan Evaluate or Propose
Complete the Passage Which follows best?
Argument Structure
Flaw
Resolve Argument

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 Inference

“infer” “if above true”

ID the question
“conclude/conclusion

Breakdown
story? list of info?
the paragraph

Test the answers Must this be true based

on what was stated?

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 Evaluation of a Plan

“evaluate” “policy”
ID the question
“propose” “plan”

Breakdown
story vs data dump
the paragraph

Test the answers Language before logic

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 Complete the Passage

blank at the end

ID the question
of statement

Breakdown
the paragraph

Test the answers Language before logic

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 Close the Learning Loop

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?

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 Homework

Grockit Standard Members

18 Critical Reasoning Questions

6 Inference
6 Evaluation of a Plan
6 Complete the Passage

Review Detailed Analytics

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