Long RC Passage Articles
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Review Your Work - Part 6
We’re done! Phew! That was a complicated passage and those questions got pretty tricky at times. (If you’re just joining us for the first time now, follow this link back to [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a History Passage - Part 5
Are you ready for your fifth and final question? We’ve been examining a History RC passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. If you’re just starting, go through the earlier installments first, [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a History Passage - Part 4
Are you ready for your fourth question? We’ve been examining a History RC passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. If you’re just starting, go through the earlier installments first , then [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a History Passage - Part 3
In the first installment of this series, we examined a History RC passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. If you’re just starting, go through part 1 and part 2 first, then [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a History Passage - Part 2
In the first installment of this series, we deconstructed a history-based Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free question set. I gave you the full passage plus one problem. Today, [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a History Passage - Part 1
Some people really like history-based Reading Comp passages—and others find them pretty boring. Either way, you’ll probably have at least one historical passage, so let’s talk about how to tackle [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 5
Welcome to the final installment of our series on tackling a tough Reading Comp passage from the GMATPrep® free exams! If you’re just joining us now, go all the way [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 4
In the first installment of this series , we deconstructed a challenging Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. Pull up that page and keep it handy; it contains [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 2
In the first installment of this series, we deconstructed a challenging Reading Comprehension passage from the GMATPrep® free exams. Pull up that page, as I’m not going to repeat the [...]
GMATPrep Reading Comp: Tackling a Tough Passage - Part 1
Halfway through a GMATPrep® free practice test, I hit the passage I’m going to discuss in this series—and I groaned aloud the second it appeared on the screen. Why? Here’s what [...]
Meteor Streams: Inference on GMAT Reading Comprehension
We’re up to the very last question in the series on the Meteor Stream passage from the free set of practice questions that comes with the GMATPrep® software. If you haven’t [...]
Find the Assumption on GMAT Reading Comprehension
A couple of years ago, I wrote a small series on the Meteor Stream passage from the free set of practice questions that comes with the GMATPrep® software. A student [...]
Get Ready to Rumble: GMAT RC Start to Finish - Part 4
We’re almost done with our full review of a GMATPrep® RC passage and all of its associated questions! In Part 1, we deconstructed the entire passage and answered an Author’s Purpose, [...]
Get Ready to Rumble: GMAT RC Start to Finish - Part 3
We’re continuing on with our full review of a GMATPrep® RC passage and all of its associated questions! In Part 1, we deconstructed the entire passage and answered an Author’s Purpose, [...]
Get Ready to Rumble: GMAT RC Start to Finish - Part 2
We’re continuing on with our full review of a GMATPrep® RC passage and all of its associated questions! ( Click here to read part 1.) Last time, we deconstructed the entire [...]
Get Ready to Rumble: GMAT RC Start to Finish - Part 1
We’ve done a lot of RC over the years, but a passage contains so much text that I rarely do a full passage with all of its questions. We’re going to [...]
Why Does It Say This? The Meteor Stream Passage
Originally, I was only planning to do one question from the Meteor Stream passage. But this one is so much fun, I figured why not? Yes, I’m being sarcastic. I don’t [...]
How to Read Tough Science Passages
In the past, we’ve done some “one-off” review of parts of RC passages, but this time I’ve got a full one for you. In this article, we’ll look at how to [...]
The Reasoning Is in the Details
Which type of RC passage is your favorite – social science, business, hard science? Just kidding! I know that most people don’t have a favorite type (though most of us have [...]
Tackling the Lone Wolf GMATPrep Passage
This week, we’re going to tackle a dense GMATPrep® reading comprehension passage, along with a Specific Detail question. Let’s start with the passage and problem. Take up to 3 minutes to [...]
What to Read – and What Not to Read – on RC Passages
A student recently asked me to show an example of how I read and take notes on a reading comprehension passage. In this older article , I discussed how to [...]
Knewton RC Challenge, Round 2: Explanation!
// Thanks to everyone who tried Knewton's RC Challenge yesterday! For the answer and explanation, check out this video from our GMAT teacher Jess. If you haven't answered yet, the [...]
Knewton RC Challenge: Efficient Market Hypothesis (Part 2!)
Last week the Knewton challenge question was an RC problem that over 50% of students miss. Ready for another tough question from the same tricky passage? Leave your answer in the [...]
Knewton RC Challenge: Video Explanation!
// // // Thanks to everyone who tried yesterday's RC Challenge question ! Here's Jess, one of our GMAT instructors, with the answer and explanation. If you haven't had a [...]
Knewton RC Challenge: Efficient Market Hypothesis
Dense, technical passages can be especially tough on the GMAT. Here's an example of an RC question that over 50% of students miss. Try it out, leave your answer in the [...]