2020 GRE Prep
Reading Comp (tips) Correct Answer: these are:
1.) Seek most important info
2.) Understand diff types of Questions
3.) Quickly eliminate incorrect answers
4.) Don't do what they want you to do
5.) Identify subject and task of question and words that indicate tasks
6.) ask yourself wether passage is presenting clear evidence/claims
7.) what's author's purpose
8.) write things down
(6 things to) watch out (for in reading comprehension) Correct Answer: these include
1.) Recycled Language
2.) Extreme Language
3.) No Such Comparison
4.) Reversals
5.) Outside Knowledge
6.) Emotional Appeals
Recycled Language Correct Answer: repeating memorable words/phrases
--> correct answers are generally paraphrases, so watch out for stuff that's v reminiscent of passage
--> be suspicious of direct quotes from text
Extreme Language Correct Answer: language too strong or broad
--> must, always, never, only, best, prove, fail, defend, attack, denounce, counter, contradict, failure,
not, No
,--> if more extreme than passage then eliminate
No Such Comparison Correct Answer: "better", "more than", "less than"
Tries and make answers seem more appealing
Make sure to reference it w/ passage
Reversals Correct Answer: State a contradiction of main idea or fact from passage
--> sound appealing but include a contradictory detail
Outside knowledge Correct Answer: temps you w info you might know from outside the passage
--> MUST rely only on info from passage
Emotional Appeals Correct Answer: state positions you believe but are not discussed in passage
--> check to see if passage itself makes these claims
Premises Correct Answer: what info the author has provided to justify conclusion
COnclusion Correct Answer: Primary claim, the author's opinion on what might happen
Assumptions Correct Answer: Unstated premises used to prove conclusions
Assumptions need to link to conclusions
(5 steps of) Critical Reasoning (and their assumptions) Correct Answer: 1.) Causal Reasoning
2.) Planning Patterns
3.) Sampling Patterns
4.) Interpretation of Evidence
5.) Analogy Patterns
Causal Reasoning Correct Answer: two things happened and one caused the other
two assumptions:
1. No other cause
2.) It's not a coincidence
Planning Patterns Correct Answer: Plans designed to solve problem
, Assumes "there's no problem w/ plan"
Sampling Patterns Correct Answer: General conclusion based on evidence about some members of
population
Assumes "sample is representative" of larger group and accurately reflects relevant characteristics
Interpretation of Evidence Correct Answer: Info in premises is interpreted to mean info in conclusion
Assumes "there's no other way to interpret evidence"
Analogy Patterns Correct Answer: what is appropriate in 1 use is appropriate in another
Assumes "one thing is similar to another"
Vertical Angles Correct Answer:
Parrallel lines Correct Answer: lines in the same plane that never intersect
Triangles Correct Answer: any polygon with 3 sides and 3 angles
can be Equilateral or Iscolces
Triangle Rules Correct Answer: for any of these:
1.) Longest side is opposite the largest interior angle
2.) Perimeter = sum of all sides = a+ b+ c
3.) Length of any one side must be less than the sum of other two sides, and also greater than the
difference between the other two sides
e.g if a=5 and b = 7 --> 2 < c < 12
4.) Area is 1/2 base x height
Parallelogram Area Correct Answer: = Base x Height
BH
Pythagorean Theorem Correct Answer: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
states that in right triangle, square of lenght of hypotenuise is equal to sum of squares of lenghts of
other side
Right Isosceles (triangle) Correct Answer: A triangle where two sides match, while one does not. Also
one angle is 90 degrees
Reading Comp (tips) Correct Answer: these are:
1.) Seek most important info
2.) Understand diff types of Questions
3.) Quickly eliminate incorrect answers
4.) Don't do what they want you to do
5.) Identify subject and task of question and words that indicate tasks
6.) ask yourself wether passage is presenting clear evidence/claims
7.) what's author's purpose
8.) write things down
(6 things to) watch out (for in reading comprehension) Correct Answer: these include
1.) Recycled Language
2.) Extreme Language
3.) No Such Comparison
4.) Reversals
5.) Outside Knowledge
6.) Emotional Appeals
Recycled Language Correct Answer: repeating memorable words/phrases
--> correct answers are generally paraphrases, so watch out for stuff that's v reminiscent of passage
--> be suspicious of direct quotes from text
Extreme Language Correct Answer: language too strong or broad
--> must, always, never, only, best, prove, fail, defend, attack, denounce, counter, contradict, failure,
not, No
,--> if more extreme than passage then eliminate
No Such Comparison Correct Answer: "better", "more than", "less than"
Tries and make answers seem more appealing
Make sure to reference it w/ passage
Reversals Correct Answer: State a contradiction of main idea or fact from passage
--> sound appealing but include a contradictory detail
Outside knowledge Correct Answer: temps you w info you might know from outside the passage
--> MUST rely only on info from passage
Emotional Appeals Correct Answer: state positions you believe but are not discussed in passage
--> check to see if passage itself makes these claims
Premises Correct Answer: what info the author has provided to justify conclusion
COnclusion Correct Answer: Primary claim, the author's opinion on what might happen
Assumptions Correct Answer: Unstated premises used to prove conclusions
Assumptions need to link to conclusions
(5 steps of) Critical Reasoning (and their assumptions) Correct Answer: 1.) Causal Reasoning
2.) Planning Patterns
3.) Sampling Patterns
4.) Interpretation of Evidence
5.) Analogy Patterns
Causal Reasoning Correct Answer: two things happened and one caused the other
two assumptions:
1. No other cause
2.) It's not a coincidence
Planning Patterns Correct Answer: Plans designed to solve problem
, Assumes "there's no problem w/ plan"
Sampling Patterns Correct Answer: General conclusion based on evidence about some members of
population
Assumes "sample is representative" of larger group and accurately reflects relevant characteristics
Interpretation of Evidence Correct Answer: Info in premises is interpreted to mean info in conclusion
Assumes "there's no other way to interpret evidence"
Analogy Patterns Correct Answer: what is appropriate in 1 use is appropriate in another
Assumes "one thing is similar to another"
Vertical Angles Correct Answer:
Parrallel lines Correct Answer: lines in the same plane that never intersect
Triangles Correct Answer: any polygon with 3 sides and 3 angles
can be Equilateral or Iscolces
Triangle Rules Correct Answer: for any of these:
1.) Longest side is opposite the largest interior angle
2.) Perimeter = sum of all sides = a+ b+ c
3.) Length of any one side must be less than the sum of other two sides, and also greater than the
difference between the other two sides
e.g if a=5 and b = 7 --> 2 < c < 12
4.) Area is 1/2 base x height
Parallelogram Area Correct Answer: = Base x Height
BH
Pythagorean Theorem Correct Answer: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
states that in right triangle, square of lenght of hypotenuise is equal to sum of squares of lenghts of
other side
Right Isosceles (triangle) Correct Answer: A triangle where two sides match, while one does not. Also
one angle is 90 degrees
