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RC: Main Point vs Purpose?Hey everyone, Can anyone explain the difference between the main point of a passage and a passage's purpose? I understand that the passage's pu…
... difference between the main point of a passage and a passage's purpose?
I ... be the main point.
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Where to go from here?Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on here, but I’ve been reading through posts every now and then for the past few months. So first of al…
... of my prep time. For the past several months this point ... bust on RC with a passage that just blindsides me for ... -1, -2, -3. Oddly Main Point and Purpose of Passage Questions seem to be the ... on a balance of full PT vs. timed sections vs. reviewing CC material ... -
Help with Main Point QuestionsOf all the questions in RC, I ironically have the most difficulty with the first one - the main point/author's purpose question. I almost always can …
... first one - the main point/author's purpose question. I almost always ... and keep track of the main point when reading a passage? I find ... JY's method of ... these summaries into a main point that the test writers ... -
Main Point - Necessary to scan through all answer choices?Hi, I was wondering whether it is advisable/necessary to scan through all of the answer choices in a Main Point question, instead of just looking for…
... answer choices in a Main Point question, instead of just looking for the ... answer (which will be a paraphrase of ... the main conclusion that you already identified ... -
When you know you cannot finish passage 4What do you do? Such as... only 5-6 min left and you know you cannot answer all of the questions in time. When would you do? Try to answer as man…
... big questions such as Main point, primary purpose, or passage organization can go super ... I would say at this point of prep this is okay but ... too long to read a passage or just to even answer ... -
SOS: Final stretch: RC timing not quite thereHi! I'm wondering if any high scorers have any tips for me during this final stretch of studying to sit on June 3. I've always felt fairly comfortabl…
... additional questions on the last passage. I think review will ... and write out the main point, the purpose of the passage, the tone, the ... to the main point). Just do this for every passage you review ... every day and review each passage and you'll pick ... -
Do you guys do low-res summaries and premise/conclusion identifications during PTs/real tests?For respectively the RC sections and the LR sections. For me they take up a lot of time but do help. I was wondering if people actually strictly foll…
... to actively engage with the passage, question stem, and ... have to reference the passage to answer questions. As ... author's main point, the purpose of the passage, and what the passage is trying ... answer choices) and the main conclusion of the argument. My goal ... -
RC Annotation Method and BR (GNP vs. Human Indicators passage)Hey guys after watching Nicole Hopkins' webinar on RC Methods and Jimmy Quicksilver's webinar on RC Question Types and Tips I thought it would be hel…
... position so we have GNP vs. Human Indicators
Put ... titles most accurately expresses the main point of the passage”
Very similar ... the point, the passage doesn’t talk about “total wealth vs. distribution of wealth ... -
Main Point of Argument vs. Main Point of Conclusion questions@"J.Y. Ping" or others that have an answer: How do you know, in LR questions where some Q stems require us to identify the main point of the "Argu…
... the main point of the "Argument" and others ask specifically to identify the main point of ... (C)? Or are all of these "Main Point Questions" only wanting us to ... -
Main point of argumentWhile working on main point of argument i noticed that some do not have conclusion indicators but i might see counter premise indicators (However is …
While working on main point of argument i noticed that some ... you comes across these types of words.
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Warning: Recent RC Main Point QuestionsHi All, I've made an observation regarding Main Point questions on some of the most recent RC passages (70s primarily). I was reading a post on th…
... made an observation regarding Main Point questions on some of the most recent ... that encompass the main point of the passage **and** whatever subsidiary point was made in ... ”) that encompasses both the main point and the subsidiary point. They are trying ... -
Main Point QuestionsHello! I am having trouble with main point questions. These questions to me have the hardest ACs to distinguish from each other. I am doing well in m…
... ! I am having trouble with main point questions. These questions to me ... that I always get a main point question wrong. Even if I ... i have a solid understanding of the passage and get no other ... questions wrong for that passage.
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PT25.S1.P2.Q8 - main point questionHi all, I picked the right answer but my prediction of the main point was quite different from the language of the credited choice. My predicti…
... right answer but my prediction of the main point was quite different from ... the language of the credited choice. ... not a part in the main point?
Thanks!
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Posting on Behalf of a 7Sage User: Help with Main Point Questions**[I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thank you for your help!]** Could you please help me with …
**[I am posting on behalf of a 7Sage user. Please feel ... you please help me with Main Point questions. What I am most ... -
What is the inherent difference between Author's Opinion/View and Main Point(s)?LSAT Trainer by Mike Kim (pg. 320) talks about how the opinions of the author of a reading comprehension does not need to be a main point. How c…
... about how the opinions of the author of a reading comprehension does ... not need to be a main point ... the author wrote the passage?" and "Why the passage, in general, was ... -
RC- Author's attitudeI just wanted to ask what steps most of you take when you are answering questions on RC passages? Can someone give me a list of techniques/method…
... to the main point of the passage, allow the main point to highlight the passage's "structural ... road map" so to speak (what is the purpose of ... critical. The slightest choice of one word vs another can subtly reveal ... -
Main Point QuestionsThere are some main point questions that do not have a clear conclusion. The conclusion uses "borrowed language" or "referential language". Example :…
There are some main point questions that do not have ... will in engender, the needs of more obscure species will go ... -
Main Point = Conclusion?For Main Point questions, are they asking us to kind of mechanically pick out the conclusion of the argument, as indicated by words such as "thus", "…
For Main Point questions, are they asking us to kind of mechanically pick out ... the conclusion of the argument ... is main point = conclusion or does it mean the gist of the stimulus ... -
Main Point Question (implied conclusion)I have noticed that in main point questions the conclusion is not clearly present sometimes, and when this happens, it is very important that one use…
I have noticed that in main point questions the conclusion is not ... to anticipate a conclusion. Examples of this(referential phrasing) occurs in ... -
Main Point LR Help!Hey guys, I came across a main point question from preptest June 2004 Section 3 #23 "Each of many different human hormones can by itself raise th…
... a main point question from preptest June 2004 Section 3 #23 "Each of ... by itself raise the concentration of glucose in the blood"< ... first sentence isn't the main point. I'm having a ... explaining the phenomena is the main point. This argument structure was very ... -
RC Question Types Webinar NotesSpecial shoutouts to @DumbHollywoodActor, @"Quick Silver", and @"Nicole Hopkins" for this amazing webinar because without them I never would have had…
... ) Main Point of the Passage:
2) Author's Opinion/ Point of View
1) Main Point of ... the primary purpose of the passage”
ii. “What is the main point of the passage”
Having the hardest time answering the Main Point question in RCWhyyyy is this so hard for me?? I am on RC on the Ultimate + (I upgraded yay!) and I'm finding that the hardest questions in the set for me are the f…
... first ones -- 'What is the main point'. In my mind there is ... is the main point unless it's a super easy passage. Anyone have ... what sentence/thought is the Main point?Applying an LR Main Point Strategy to RC Main Point QsAn idea just occurred to me about how to approach MP questions in RC. My accuracy in these Qs is about 80%, but obviously I'd like this higher, and i…
... difference in this context between "Main Point" and "conclusion" (Which would mean ... that the main point, i.e, conclusion, would require the support of premises ...Main Point Question Thought ProcessHello, I have been going through the MP section of the course, and am wondering if the way I am addressing the stimulus is going to get me into troub…
... going through the MP section of the course, and am wondering ... stimulus until I reach the main point and then stop and choose ..."Always," "only" and "proportionally" on main point and MSS questionsI just finished the first two lessons in the core curriculum on the above subjects. I am liking the explanations and the problem sets they've thrown …
... appear in the parts of the setup you've ... " or any other synonym of equal strength, you can ... affected as a proportion of a specified whole and ... to quickly eliminate a lot of wrong answers, but again, ... the proportion has on the main point. That makes this word ...PT58.S1.Q12 Translation "The purpose of art is.."Can anyone help me with translating this statement into a conditional? "The purpose of art is to cause experts to debate ideas" JY (and the w…
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"The purpose of art is to cause experts ... gt; "purpose of art"**
I translated this as: **"purpose of art" ... statement as purpose of art is [X], therefore purpose of art --> ... purpose of art? If my reasoning error is logical, please point ...Losing Progress for Main Point QuestionsI just started 7Sage at the beginning of this week so I'm still familiarizing myself with the site, but I was in the middle of the Main Point/Conclus…
... started 7Sage at the beginning of this week so I'm ... I was in the middle of the Main Point/Conclusion lesson when I ...Does the Main Point Question Answer Always Reflect the Author's Overall Support?When I read a Reading Comprehension passage, I always look for the main idea, like where the author’s opinion or argument stands. For Main Point ques…
... a Reading Comprehension passage, I always look for the main idea, like ... opinion or argument stands. For Main Point questions, does the correct answer ... the right answer for the Main Point question always reflect the overall ...Blind Reviewing RCI'm finally breaking into the score range I want and I know that RC is my biggest challenge and the one sections I'm still a bit inconsistent in. Whe…
... passage structure: a description of each paragraph and a passage ... a redefinition of the issue.
b) Main Point:
c) Purpose: < ... answer choice contradicts the passage or introduces information not ... the answer choice in the passage.
...Blind Reviewing RCI'm finally breaking into the score range I want and I know that RC is my biggest challenge and the one sections I'm still a bit inconsistent in. Whe…
... an hour blind reviewing each passage.
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passage structure: a description of each paragraph and a passage ... of the issue.
> b) Main Point:
> c) Purpose ... answer choice contradicts the passage or introduces information not ...
