The Critical Reasoning Guide simplifies arguments by illustrating innovative diagramming techniques designed to increase comprehension and improve accuracy.
Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies, and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 70 “In-Action” problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations. The content of the book is aligned to the latest Official Guides from GMAC (12th edition).
Chapter by Chapter
1. ARGUMENT STRUCTURE
Parts of an Argument, Finding a Conclusion, Common Signal Words, Identifying Conclusions and Premises, An Alternate Way
2. DIAGRAMMING
The T-Diagram, Efficient Diagramming, Model Arguments
3. GENERAL STRATEGY
Question Stem, 'Except' Questions, Boundary and Extreme Words in Question Stem, Process of Elimination, Boundary and Extreme Words in Answer Choices
4. FIND THE ASSUMPTION
Close Ties to the Conclusion, Categories of Assumptions, Wrong Answer Choice Types, Least Extreme negation (Advanced)
5. DRAW A CONCLUSION
Stay Close to the Premises, Use Real Numbers, Make an Inference, Wrong Answer Choice Types
6. STRENGTHEN THE CONCLUSION
S-W-Slash Chart, Decide Between Two Attractive Answer Choices, Wrong Answer Choice Types
7. WEAKEN THE CONCLUSION
Argument/Conterargument, S-W Slash Chart Revisited, Wrong Answer Choice Types
8. MINOR QUESTION TYPES
Explain an Event or Discrepancy, Analyze the Argument Structure, Evaluate the Conclusion, Resolve a Problem, Provide an Example, Restate the Conclusion, Mimic the Argument