Critical reasoning tutorial
Last updated: 13 Oct 2008
Critical reasoning questions account for approximately one third of the questions in the verbal section of the GMAT exam.
In this tutorial we will teach you how to answer the four most common types of critical reasoning question.
These questions are designed to test one's logic and reasoning skills, particularly in evaluating arguments. The questions themselves could deal with almost any subject matter, and no familiarity with that subject matter is assumed or required.
Contents
- Introduction
- What is critical reasoning?
- Analyzing the text
- General strategies for critical reasoning
- Main types of critical reasoning question
- Weaken the argument
- Weaken the argument example
- Weaken the argument explanation
- Strengthen the argument
- Strengthen the argument example
- Strengthen the argument explanation
- Supply the conclusion
- Supply the conclusion example
- Supply the conclusion explanation
- Supply the assumption
- Supply the assumption example
- Supply the assumption explanation
- Summary of strategies for critical reasoning
Practice questions
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