Bold faces questions

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Amadalia: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 76; Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:24 am; Thanked: 3 times

by Amadalia » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:59 am

Good day
I'm crually struggling with the bold faces questions, looking for some hints,strategies and ressources in this regard
Many thanks in advance!!!!

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:02 pm

Here are a couple of good articles by Veritas instructor Ron Awad:

https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2013/03 ... -the-gmat/

https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2014/01 ... questions/

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by ceilidh.erickson » Fri May 02, 2014 9:41 am

Here are some other resources for breaking down boldface questions:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/scientists-g ... tml#538772
https://www.beatthegmat.com/whiplash-t275453.html#715503
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/inde ... -question/
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/inde ... is-part-3/

Ceilidh Erickson
EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

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by David@VeritasPrep » Sun May 04, 2014 3:40 am

Remember that with Bold Faced Reasoning it is a process of elimination so you are looking for anything wrong with the answer choice so that you can eliminate it. Like in Sentence Correction.

Here is a simple strategy that I have found works well:

Start the problem by identifying the main conclusion. There may not be a main conclusion on a bold faced problem. The stimulus might be a paradox for example, but there usually is a main conclusion, so if there is one find it. If there is not, don't worry about it just figure out why there is no main conclusion (is it a paradox for example?).

Once you have the main conclusion take each bold statement and ask yourself three things:

1) Is there a clear role for the statement? Categories are "Prediction" "main conclusion" "evidence" "opinion" etc. If the role of the statement is not clear then proceed to the next step.

2) How does the statement relate to the main conclusion? Is it the conclusion? Is it evidence in support of the conclusion? Does it undermine the conclusion? etc...

3) How does the statement relate to the other statement? Does it support the other statement? Does the other bold support it? Does it undermine the other statement? etc...

If you understand these three things - usually not too hard to do on most questions - then you are ready to work through the answer choices pretty efficiently.

These are some bold-faced questions that I wrote and then discussed:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/bold-faced-f ... tml#307471

https://www.beatthegmat.com/salt-water-p ... tml#291765

https://www.beatthegmat.com/bold-faced-e ... tml#293014

Here are some other bold-faced questions that I discussed:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/bold-faced-f ... tml#307471

https://www.beatthegmat.com/bold-faced-q ... tml#294134

And here is one about the crazy bold faced that only have one portion in bold and you have to choose the best replacement rather than describing it!

https://www.beatthegmat.com/useless-bott ... 66646.html

Hope it helps!

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Amadalia: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 76; Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:24 am; Thanked: 3 times

by Amadalia » Sun May 04, 2014 3:44 am

Bill , Ceildih and David , thanks a million to All of you your posts are so enriching!!!

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Amadalia: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 76; Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:24 am; Thanked: 3 times

by Amadalia » Sun May 04, 2014 5:38 am

Hi @David

Just wanted to tell you that I followed your strategies and they work perfectly well, I could thanks to Allah improve significatively my acuracy;
Many thanks David!!!

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