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Verbal Reasoning: reading comprehension

Active reading and passage mapping

Verbal Reasoning: reading comprehension · Lesson 1 of 5

Lesson 1 of 5

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Unit 3

Verbal Reasoning: reading comprehension

5 lessons · 5 h 50 min of study

Active reading and passage mappingReading · 0%
Main idea, structure, purpose and tone1 h 10 min of study
Detail, inference and application1 h 20 min of study
Select-one-or-more and select-in-passage questions1 h of study
Argument paragraphs: strengthen, weaken, assume, explain1 h 20 min of study

This unit is ≈21% of the GRE, across 5 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 1 of 5 · Verbal Reasoning: reading comprehension

Active reading and passage mapping

3 quick checks≈3% of the testCore: Core: tested on most papers

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By the end you’ll be able to

Read for the author’s purpose, main point and the role of each paragraph, noting pivots (however, yet), emphasis and examples
Distinguish the author’s own view from the views the author reports, summarises or rejects
Handle dense science, social-science and humanities passages without relying on outside knowledge

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Adaptive questions on active reading and passage mapping.

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Pace one-paragraph passages at about 1 minute of reading and multi-paragraph passages at about 2–3 minutes

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