GMAT Strategy

I need a help!am struggling with Verbal section. I purchased Manhattan and power score bible but still I am bad! can you please tell me which material or blog to look in for Gmat Verbal section
and where can I get Gmat OG topic wise question numbers..

Hi Shaq.

The truth about GMAT verbal is that scoring high takes skills more than it does knowledge. So much of what you have to do in order to increase your score involves developing certain skills, and doing that does not really happen via reading a book about GMAT verbal.

To get right answers to GMAT verbal questions you need, basically, two things, vision and skill in using logic to make decisions. You need vision to see the key details that make the right answers right, and the wrong answers wrong. You need to use logic to see which sentences make sense, which CR answer choices really answer the questions asked and which RC answer choices truly reflect what is said in the passages.

So, as part of what you do to increase your verbal score, slow down, and rather than reading more material to score higher, seek to become good at seeing what's going on and using logic to work your way to answers. You will be better off struggling with questions for an hour each and really learning to get right answers than going through question after question, getting them wrong and reading explanations, without making any significant progress in developing vision and skill in using logic to make decisions.

Maybe these posts will help.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/how-do-i-mas ... 88121.html

https://infinitemindprep.com/on-the-gmat ... ogic-rule/

Here's my verbal crash course:

- Read voraciously everyday for two weeks. (Anything challenging will do.) There's research suggesting that the physiology of our brains changes when we read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/ar ... in/282952/

- Consider incorporating some mindfulness meditation. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... on/275564/

Work through the verbal questions in the Official Guide. Afterwards, review and see if there are any patterns with respect to incorrect answers. Anything unclear, post here. Jot a few notes to yourself about simple adjustments you can make. Remember that for all the strategies/grammar rules we teach, the verbal section is primarily about logic and focus. Practice boiling everything down to its essence. Always ask yourself, before you select an answer in sentence correction, if the sentence, when read literally, is clear and logical. Before you select an answer in Critical Reasoning always take another moment and ask if your answer really does impact the conclusion. Before you select an answer in Reading Comp ask yourself if there's textual support for that answer. Be relentless. Then hit some official practice tests.

And for additional practice, check out our Question Bank: https://www.veritasprep.com/gmat-question-bank/