Critical Reasoning (CR) - General Strategies

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- Introduction to Critical Reasoning: Learn the basic structure of Critical Reasoning questions and learn what makes an argument strong.

- Dissecting an argument: Learn how to identify and summarize the premises, conclusion, and unstated assumptions in an argument.

- Common argument types: Learn the structure and underlying premises of 3 common argument types: Cause-and-Effect, Statistical, and Analogy

- General strategy: Learn the General Strategy for tackling all Critical Reasoning questions.

- Miscellaneous tips: Learn about question type frequencies, GMAT words, EXCEPT questions and being aggressive.
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