MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Review 2022-2023: Online + Book

by Kaplan Test Prep

Overview

Always study with the most up-to-date prep! Look for MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Review 2023-2024, ISBN 9781506282992, on sale July 5, 2022.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506276717
Publisher:	Kaplan Test Prep
Publication date:	07/06/2021
Series:	Kaplan Test Prep
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)

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Table of Contents

The Kaplan MCAT Review Team vi

Getting Started Checklist vii

Preface viii

About Scientific American ix

About the MCAT x

How This Book Was Created xxii

Using This Book xxiii

Studying for the MCAT xxv

Chapter 1 About Cars 1

1.1 The CARS Section 4

1.2 Passages 4

1.3 Question Categories 5

Chapter 2 Using Your Test Day Tools 9

2.1 Test Day Tools 12

2.2 Navigation Tools 13

2.3 Interface Tools 17

Chapter 3 Rhetoric and Arguments 23

3.1 Key Components of Rhetoric 26

3.2 Key Components of Arguments 32

3.3 Analyzing Passages with Rhetoric and Arguments 37

Chapter 4 Previewing the Passage 47

4.1 Timing in the CARS Section 50

4.2 Previewing CARS Passages 52

4.3 Determining Passage Order 53

Chapter 5 Reading the Passage 63

5.1 Reading Strategically with Keywords 66

5.2 Relation Keywords 70

5.3 Logic Keywords 74

5.4 Author Keywords 75

Chapter 6 Distilling Passage Information 83

6.1 Choosing Your Approach 86

6.2 Highlighting the Passage 89

6.3 Outlining the Passage 96

6.4 Interrogating the Passage 101

Chapter 7 Applying the Kaplan Passage Strategy 121

7.1 The Kaplan Passage Method 124

7.2 Humanities Passages 128

7.3 Social Sciences Passages 139

Chapter 8 Question and Answer Strategy 157

8.1 The Kaplan Method for CARS Questions 160

8.2 Wrong Answer Pathologies 166

8.3 Signs of a Healthy Answer 168

Chapter 9 Question Types I: Foundations of Comprehension Questions 187

9.1 Main Idea Questions 190

9.2 Detail Questions 193

9.3 Inference Questions 197

9.4 Definition-in-Context Questions 203

Chapter 10 Question Types II: Reasoning Within the Text Questions 223

10.1 Function Questions 226

10.2 Strengthen-Weaken (Within the Passage) Questions 228

10.3 Other Reasoning Within the Text Questions 234

Chapter 11 Question Types III: Reasoning Beyond the Text Questions 251

11.1 Apply Questions 254

11.2 Strengthen-Weaken (Beyond the Passage) Questions 260

11.3 Other Reasoning Beyond the Text Questions 264

Chapter 12 Effective Review of Cars 285

12.1 Learning from Your Mistakes 288

12.2 Thinking Like the Test Maker: Post-Phrasing 291

12.3 Improving Your Timing 293

12.4 Building Endurance 295

12.5 Enhancing Your Vocabulary 295