INTRODUCTION
3 Sections:
2 25 minute sections (24-25 questions each)
1 20 minute section (19 questions)
3 Subsections
Sentence Completion
Short Passage (Dual Unrelated or Comparing Passages)
Long Passage (Dual Unrelated or Comparing Passages)
Topics Included
Literary Fiction
Social Science (sociology, psychology)
Natural Science (biology, chemistry)
Humanities (history, literature)
Entertainment (art, music, dance, etc.)
KEYS TO SUCCESS IN CR
Know what you know and know what you don’t know It’s OK to Skip
Develop a skipping strategy
Don’t be intimidated
Reading is NOT FUN
Put it in your own words because they do too
Draw inferences, not assumptions
Time Management
It’s OK to not finish
Sentence Completion
Understand the sentence
Agree or Contrast?
They start easy and get harder
Recognize which words you know and which you don’t know
Take and educated guess/ break down the words left
Long Passage
TYPES OF QUESTIONS:
1. Main Point
2. Specific Detail
3. Inference
4. Attitude & Tone
5. Technique & Organization
6. Word Usage
Common Greek/Latin Roots
Ben/bon- Good
Mal- bad
Anim- life or spirit
Quo, loc, loq- speech
Voc-call or word
Spec- sight, view
Luc, lum, lun – light
Micro- small
Pedo- child
Lau, lav, lot –wash
Liber, liver- free
Gen- birth, race, produce
Duc, duct- lead
Vac- empty Phil- love
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