hmm.
this is a good passage, although the material isn't what you would normally see on a gmat passage. (i.e., it's about law, whereas gmat passages usually deal with things like business, social science, or physical science). what is the source? was this passage taken from an lsat prep book?
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regardless of where this was taken from, it can still provide some valuable practice.
TAKING NOTES:
without going into everything we teach about RC in our 9-session classes, here are some of the basic things we teach about taking notes for LONG passages (like this one).
write a couple of sentences for the first paragraph, which probably contains a summation of the main idea - an "abstract".
* take MINIMAL notes for all body paragraphs.
it's ok if you write only a few words per paragraph. remember, the only reason you're really taking notes is to sum up the passage in general (since you definitely won't be able to take enough notes to answer detail questions correctly); keep this in mind.
if you're undecided about whether to write some particular fact down, then don't. it's probably a detail.
always FOCUS ON THE AUTHOR'S INTENT and PURPOSE.
whenever you write anything, be sure that it touches DIRECTLY on the following question: "what is the author trying to do? how is the author going about doing this?"
you should jettison any notes that don't directly address this question.
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i'll show some sample notes for this passage below.
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