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TIPS FOR READING COMPHREHENSION IN GMAT

1)Determine if the question is among the three most common subject areas for this section: science, social science or business. Science passages are usually factual and tend to be the easiest to comprehend. Social science questions may be the most interesting and tend to be read quickly, making it more likely that you will comprehend less of the information contained in the passage. Business passages employ complex sentence structure and will demand that you infer meaning and the author's opinions.

2)Identify whether the question is among the four usual types of questions: factual, inference, main idea or tone. Practice GMAT tests will increase your familiarity with each of these question types. Inference questions will require you to draw conclusions whereas tone questions ask you to identify the overall tone of the piece (which is usually positive or neutral). In main idea questions, answer choices that provide factual information can usually be safely eliminated.

3)Read the first question before reading the passage in order to anticipate what you will need to know about it. If the question refers back to a specific line in the next, always re-read a few lines before and after the specific line because those sentences may be the key to the correct answer.

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