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Lecture Notes for Verbal Reasoning

Lecture Notes for Verbal Reasoning. Lesson 1 General Test-Taking Strategies. General Test-Taking Strategies: Know the Test. Keep in mind the question categories Comprehension questions Main ideas, author’s purpose, details, inferences, and assumptions Evaluation questions

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Lecture Notes for Verbal Reasoning

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  1. Lecture Notes for Verbal Reasoning Lesson 1 General Test-Taking Strategies

  2. General Test-Taking Strategies:Know the Test • Keep in mind the question categories • Comprehension questions • Main ideas, author’s purpose, details, inferences, and assumptions • Evaluation questions • Identify the statement’s function • Assess the structure of the passage • Judge the quality of the argument • Application questions • Apply ideas in passages to outside information • Incorporation questions • Apply outsideinformation to arguments in passage

  3. Test-Taking Strategies:Know the Test • Feel comfortable with the verbal reasoning test content • 60 minutes long • Usually seven passages (8 ½ minutes per passage). • 6-10 questions per passage for about 40 questions • Passages drawn from social sciences, humanities, and sections not included in the science portion of the test. • Advice: Access a peer-reviewed scholarly journal from the SUU library databases and read at least one article per week. • Apply tactics for reading passages to journal reading. • Get comfortable with various “discourse communities.”

  4. General Test-Taking Strategies:Know the Test • Keep in mind the scoring system • You can miss several questions and still receive a perfect score • The test rewards those who finish all passages

  5. General Test-Taking Strategies:Attitude and Mindset • Be confident and relaxed, but not too relaxed. • Harken back to relaxation routine from these sessions • Be confident in your score. • Don’t doubt yourself when you are unsure or you are forced to guess. • Read the passage with arrogance. • Be confident with how you’re reading the passage. • View the exam as a challenge • Don’t obsess over the test by putting too much pressure on yourself

  6. General Test-Taking Strategies:Attitude and Mindset • Advice: the five-second break • Close your eyes, take a deep breath, slowly exhale, and recall the relaxation activity from our prep sessions. • Right before beginning the verbal reasoning section, after each passage, or if you feel anxious. • Exude energy. • Train yourself to concentrate for long periods. • Give 100% every time you practice. • Maintain focus. • Ignore any distractions • Clear your mind of any clutter

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