GMAT Focus Intro: Verbal Section
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Intro to the GMAT Focus
Summary
The lesson provides an overview of the GMAT verbal section, emphasizing the importance of reading comprehension and critical reasoning skills.
- The verbal section constitutes one-third of the total GMAT score, with 45 minutes allocated to answer 23 questions.
- There are two main question types: reading comprehension and critical reasoning, with a slight emphasis on reading comprehension.
- Reading comprehension passages are drawn from a variety of subjects including physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and business.
- Critical reasoning questions focus on argument analysis, requiring skills in weakening or strengthening arguments, identifying assumptions, and evaluating arguments.
- A key strategy for improving verbal scores is to develop a habit of reading, especially materials related to the business world to enhance vocabulary, argument analysis, and sentence structure understanding.
Chapters
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Overview of the Verbal Section
00:58
Reading Comprehension Focus
02:26
Critical Reasoning Analysis
03:04
Strategic Reading for Improvement