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StrategyforCriticalReasoningProvidedby:piyusht
Aim
Logic,notGrammarCriticalReasoningproblemsareamongthetrickiestquestiontypesyou’llcomeacrossintheGMAT.That’sbecauseCRproblemsarelogic-based.WhileanunderstandingofEnglishgrammarrulesisessential,yourmajorchallengewillbesimplytolearnhowETSexpectsyoutoapproachtheinformationwithinthesentences.Formany,thisisthemostfearedpartofthetest!Whydotheyfearitso?Becausetheworldasweknowitisnotlogical.
BydeconstructingaCriticalReasoningargument,youcanmoreclearlyseewhatitisthat’smissing.Deconstructinganargumenthelpsyounoticeillogicalconnections.Thetendencytomakesenseofwhatwereadisnaturaland,fortheGMAT,fatal.Fightyournormalreadinghabitsasyougothroughthequestionsinthislesson.WitheachCRquestion,you’llbepresentedwithanargument.Don’ttrytobreakdowntheargumentintoitsessentialparts.Instead,reordertheinformation.Reordertheinformation;identifyingthepremisesandconclusioninherentwithineachargument.ForCriticalReasoningquestions,youmustbepurelyandconsistentlylogical.
You: Let’sgoseeamovie.Me: Ihaveonlytwodollars.Makesureyou’renotbriningoutsideinformationintoyourreadingofaCriticalReasoningproblem.Weposeargumentsallthetime.Oftenthereisnologicalconnectionbetweentheinformationwepresent(ourpremises)andourconclusions.Forexample…Whatisyourconclusion?Wecan’tgotoamovie.Becauseamoviecostsmorethantwodollars.Butwhy?Buthowdoweknowthis?Wedon’t!Don’tassumeinformationunlessyouseeitintheargument!
Me: Ican’tbelieveIsawJoedrinkingaCoke.You: Why?Me: BecauseJoeworksforPepsi.What’syourconclusion? JoeprefersCocaCola. Joehateshisjob. JoeisaspyforPepsi.Becareful!Whatkindsofassumptionsareyoumakingtoreachtheseconclusions?Here’sanotherexample…
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