Verbal Reasoning

Sections I-IV

Introduction

The Berkeley Review's instructional Guide to Verbal Reasoning contains 724 pages of everything you need to know to score well on that part of the MCAT, including:

a general introduction to the MCAT Verbal Reasoning section.
tips for recognizing the basic types of verbal reasoning questions.
5 sample verbal reasoning passages analyzed step-by-step and in detail.
4 Nondiagnostic Practice Sets, with 29 practice pasages and 203 questions.
10 Diagnostic Practice Sets, with 71 practice pasages and 400 questions.
an answer guide explaining the way to reason toward the best answer choice for each question.

There are also suggestions for managing stress, assessing and improving your basic reading and reasoning skills, and taking inventory of your test-taking skills.

The 105 practice passages in this book are patterned closely after those that have appeared in previous administrations of the MCAT. They range in difficulty from very easy to very hard. All of them deal with subject matter drawn from the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences--the same three broad disciplines focused on by the creators of the MCAT Verbal Reasoning test. Unusual passage types (e.g., passages written in non-contemporary English or those accompanied by graphics) and rare question types for this part of the test (e.g., computational questions) are also included to add some extra zip to the mix, and to help prepare you for the unexpected. The average length of verbal reasoning passages in this book is even a bit longer than the average length of those you will encounter on the MCAT. So if you can finish one of these practice sets in the 60 minutes allotted to the MCAT Verbal Reasoning section, you should feel confident that you are working at a competitive pace.

SAMPLE PASSAGE

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