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Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« on: June 09, 2014, 03:18:11 pm »
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Hey AN,
So I am one of the people who is sitting the MHS entrance exam on June 14 (5 days to go !).
I posting this because I need help with my verbal and reading comprehension. I don't know why but even after studying hours nothing has improved. The exam is coming close and i'm stressing because even after finishing books about these two subjects I still fail tests (JAC, online tests etc.). By fail I mean get 50-60%. These are my questions: How should I approach reading comprehension ? Should I read easier texts first ? Should I skim or speed read ? (even though I don't really know how to speed read). Should I read the questions first ? Even if you're not sure please tell me how you approach and what technique you use. Also what exactly is speed reading? For verbal I just need general advice not exactly sure what  :P. Im confident with everything else and im stressing cause if I dont make a change im going to get averages in both of these topics which means I wont get in  :(.

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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2014, 04:02:50 pm »
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Hey! I'm in the same boat as you. My maths and essays are strong, but my verbal and comprehension aren't so strong. I get around 50-60% on the JAC tests. So I would also appreciate any advice!
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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2014, 04:30:51 pm »
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good at everything except argumentative and reading

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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2014, 07:39:55 pm »
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good at everything except argumentative and reading
ARGH i am also worried about verbal and reading! Im doing nossal yr 10 though!  :-[
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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2014, 08:00:36 pm »
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I'm pretty good at verbal exchange help for some help on argumentative anyone?

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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2014, 08:15:02 pm »
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I'm pretty good at verbal exchange help for some help on argumentative anyone?

Sure thing! I would really appreciate help in VR!

Well, for analytical, you have a introduction, 2 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

 For the intro, you have to CLEARLY state your contention (what you are arguing for).
List what arguments you will be talking about in your body paragraphs.

For Body:

P1: Have a  topic sentence (what you will talk about in the paragraph)
      Elaborate on the sentence.
      Provide evidence, in the form of quotes or statistics.
      Link back to the topic and restate your contention.

P2: Have a  topic sentence (what you will talk about in the paragraph)
      Elaborate on the sentence.
      Provide evidence, in the form of quotes or statistics.
      Link back to the topic and restate your contention.

Conclusion: Restate your contention (again!)
                   Restate your arguments
                   Leave a catchy ending to get the judge's attention

That's basically it.
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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2014, 10:01:32 pm »
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One technique which I used to strengthen my verbal reasoning was to work backwards, which means that I chose one of the answers and see if it made sense, rather than working towards the answer.

Hopefully this makes sense. Thanks for reading
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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2014, 06:21:33 pm »
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I'm pretty good at verbal exchange help for some help on argumentative anyone?

Hey there, just going to point something out. ATAR Notes is the sort of website that encourages sharing of information WITHOUT the need for any "exchange". You should help someone because you want to, not because you hope for something in return. Furthermore, a user did help you and you did not "exchange" your knowledge against your bargain.

This is incredibly poor form.

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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2014, 06:43:02 pm »
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Pi I pmed that user for help and it was tips

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Re: Need Help With Verbal Reasoning and Reading Compreshension
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2014, 06:45:52 pm »
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And please don't call this forum a poor one we are still helping each other