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    The document provides information and strategies for preparing for the verbal reasoning section of the MCAT exam. It discusses making a study schedule, focusing on the main idea of passages, taking breaks between passages, and using question stems and answer choices to guide test taking. The document also provides tips for the writing sample portion of the exam such as outlining an essay addressing both sides of an argument.

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    MCAT Verbal Reasoning

    Sponsored by The Center for Teaching and Learning at UIS

    FirstSteps
    Makeapreparationschedule
    Findresources
    o CometotheCTL
    o Borrowfrompeers
    o Gotoyourlocallibrary

    StrategyApproachtoVerbalReasoning

    Energy

    o Pullyourchairclosetothetable
    o
    Situpstraight

    o Placeyourfeetflatonthefloorandbe

    alert
    o Practiceundertimedconditionsandgive

    100%

    Timing

    o Readeverypassageintheordergiven
    o
    Attempteveryquestion

    o Checkyourtimeafteryouvefinishedthe

    fifthpassage
    o
    Guessatthedifficultquestionsandmove

    on

    TacticApproachtoVerbalReasoningFocus

    AboutVerbalReasoning
    85minutes
    60multiplechoicequestionswithchoicesAD
    9passagesand410questionseach
    600word(approximately)passages
    15=topscore

    Confidence
    o Beconfidentofyourscore
    o Bearrogantwhenyouread
    o Assumeyouhaveguessedcorrectlyonevery
    answer
    o Readcritically
    o Assumeitsthewritersfaultthatyouare
    confused
    Focus
    o Focusonthetaskathand
    o Ignoredistractions

    TakeFiveSecondBreak

    HowtoStudyforVerbalReasoning
    Takeverbaltestundertimelimitandscoreyour
    o Beforeeachpassage,takeafivesecondbreak
    answers
    o Forgetthelastpassageandallotherthoughts
    Takeaonedaybreak

    Examinethequestionsandanswerchoices
    o Situpstraight,concentrate,andfocus
    Takeaonedaybreak
    ReadEveryWord
    Readfirstpassageinsametestandwritemainidea;
    o Dontskim
    matchyourmainideaforeachquestionandanswer
    o Dontwriteinthemargins
    choices;repeatforeachpassage
    o Testsyourabilitytodetectandunderstand
    AdviceaboutVerbalReasoning
    ambiguities,notdetails
    Readallofthequestionsfirstandskimoverthe
    o Concentrateonthemainidea
    passageslookingforkeywords.
    o Dontreadthequestionfirst
    ReadTheEconomistandTheWallStreetJournal
    o Dontcircleorunderline
    o Getexcitedaboutthetopic
    Makenotesofthemainpointofeachparagraph
    o Dontspeedread
    Takea5secondbreakbetweenpassages
    o Createanimageoftheauthorinyourmind
    Getresttoensurepeakperformance
    o Spend20secondsfiguringoutthemainideabefore
    beginningthequestions

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    Information provided here was taken from Exam Crakers MCAT (5 Edition).

    MCAT Verbal Reasoning

    Sponsored by The Center for Teaching and Learning at UIS

    FourToolstoAnswerQuestions
    1. GoingBacktoPartsofthePassage
    Onlywhenyoufinishanexamontime
    Onlywhenyouknowwhatyourelookingfor
    Onlywhenyouknowwhereyoucanfindtheanswer
    2. MainIdea
    Summaryofpassageinoneortwosentences
    Reflectsauthorsopinion
    Emphasizeminortopics
    Questionswanttotakeyouawayfrommainidea
    Constructthemainideainyourhead(20seconds)
    Continuereadinguntilyougettosomethingyoudounderstand
    Becomefamiliarwiththeauthor
    Dontfeelthatyouneedtorememberthedetailsofapassage.
    3. QuestionStems
    Usethisinformationtoanswerthequestions
    Somequestionsyoucananswerwithoutevenreadingthepassageoranswerchoices
    Simplifythequestionandanswerchoices
    4. AnswerChoices
    Threeoftheoptionsaredistracters
    Fivecategoriesofsuspecteddistracters
    RoundAbout:movesaroundthequestion
    Beyond:validityreliesuponinformationnotinthepassage
    Contrary:contrarytothemainidea
    Simpleton:toosimpleoreasytoverify
    Unintelligible:dontunderstand
    Correctanswer=softeners(mostlikely,hadatendencyto,seemed,etc.)
    AbouttheWritingSample

    AdviceaboutWritingSample
    Two30minuteperiods

    Divideyouressayintoseparateparagraphs
    Takebothsidesoftheargument

    sothemarkersknowyou'vecompletedeach
    task
    Giveguidelinetodeterminewhichsideiscorrectin

    whichcase
    Inserttransitionallinkstounifyyouressay

    6(orT)=topscore

    Uselogictomakethefirstparagraph

    WritingSampleDirections

    Explainthestatementwithanexample

    Giveexamplecontradictingstatement

    Giveguidelinewhenstatementistrueandfalse

    Writeoutlineofthreestepsabove

    Write2pageswithcorrectgrammar,spelling,
    vocabulary,andhistoricalexamples

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    Information provided here was taken from Exam Crakers MCAT (5 Edition).

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