Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Reading inference and application
Applying passage ideas to new situations
Transfer a passage’s reasoning while preserving its conditions, limits and causal structure.
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Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Evaluating arguments
Testing assumptions and evaluating evidence
Use negation for necessity, a proof for sufficiency and opposite outcomes for evaluation.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Evaluating arguments
Premises, conclusions and underlying assumptions
Separate evidence from claims, expose the missing bridge and test the kinds of reasoning behind it.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Reading inference and application
Drawing and testing passage-based inferences
Infer only what the evidence licenses, and actively test whether a tempting answer could be false.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Passage comprehension and structure
Main ideas, supporting evidence and passage structure
Read for the author’s claim, the evidence beneath it and the structure connecting the two.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Argument structure, explanations and plans
Evaluating plans, trade-offs and consequences
Evaluate whether a proposed action can achieve its stated goal after costs, constraints and responses are counted.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Evaluating arguments
Strengthening and weakening arguments
Judge how new evidence changes the support for one exact conclusion.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Argument structure, explanations and plans
Argument roles, reasoning patterns and explanations
Map who supports what, recognize valid moves and explain apparent contradictions without erasing facts.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GMAT · Passage comprehension and structure
Meaning in context, tone and author perspective
Track what words mean here, who owns a claim and exactly how strongly the author commits to it.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Reading Comprehension
Argument strength and alternative explanations
Test the connection between evidence and conclusion, using relevant alternatives rather than general skepticism.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Reading Comprehension
Details, inference and textual evidence
Move from a precise evidence span to the smallest justified conclusion, without importing assumptions.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Reading Comprehension
Main ideas, purpose and summaries
Find the proposition that organizes a passage, then preserve its scope and purpose in a concise summary.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Sentence Equivalence
Meaning-equivalent pairs in context
Find two choices that each fit the context and produce sentences with equivalent meanings.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Text Completion
Multi-blank logical coherence
Solve a network of dependent meanings, beginning with the blank whose context gives the strongest constraint.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Reading Comprehension
Author perspective, assumptions and tone
Separate the author’s commitments from reported opinions, and measure certainty with textual evidence.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Sentence Equivalence
Sentence logic, scope and contrast
Resolve contrast, cause and negation before choosing the two words that express the same complete thought.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Text Completion
Single-blank context and precision
Predict the missing idea from the whole context, then choose the most precise completion among five options.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Reading Comprehension
Passage structure and sentence function
Read the relationships among sentences: a claim, its evidence, its exception and the conclusion they support.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Text Completion
Contrast, support and logical transitions
Use connectors as evidence about how ideas fit, while checking the propositions and the scope of negation.
Verbal ReasoningTHE CONCEPT COLLECTION / 07
GRE · Reading Comprehension
Words and phrases in context
Choose the sense a word or phrase has in this passage, using grammar, contrast and rhetorical role.
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