MCAT: CARS || with 100% Error-free Answers.
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The critical analysis and reasoning skills (CARS) section lasts 90 minutes and contains 53
questions, divided among 9 passages
· Passages range from 500-600 words
· Each passage has approximately 5-7 questions
1 CARS requires going beyond merely correct answers 1 comprehending the content: you must
analyze a passages rhetorical and logical structure and even be able to assess relationships
between information given in the passage and new outside information
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Half of the passages will be in the
Half of the passages will be in the correct answers 2 humanities (architecture, art, dance, ethics,
literature, philosophy, popular culture, religion, studies of diverse culture, and theatre).
3 social sciences (anthropology, archaeology, economics, education, geography, history,
linguistics, political science, population health, psychology, sociology, and studies of diverse
cultures).
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Foundations of compression questions ask about correct answers the main ideas of a passage,
specific details from within the passage, the purpose of a given part of the passage, or the likely
meaning of a word or phase based on context. Make up 30%
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Reasoning within the text questions ask you to draw correct answers inferences (unstated parts of
arguments that logically must be true based on the information given) or ask how one piece of
information related to another (as a piece of evidence that supports a conclusions, for example).
Make up 30%
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Reasoning beyond the text questions ask you to correct answers extrapolate information from the
passage and place it within a new context or to ascertain how new information would relate to
and affect the concepts in the passage. Make up 40%
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1 Rhetoric is the art of
2 Rhetorical knowledge refers to
3 Rhetorical analysis is the examination of a correct answers 1 communicating through writing
and speaking.
2 an awareness of the components of a written work besides the actual words on the page, such
as the author, intended audience, and goal
3 particular work for the sake of identifying its rhetorical elements (the components of rhetorical
knowledge). Looks at how something is said not what is said.
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,1 The author is the
2 Authors who are expert in a
3 An author may use more
4 An author may use
5 An author may correct answers 1 individual or group writing the piece
2 topic and who are writing for knowledgeable audiences may use jargon, which is vocabulary
specific to a particular field
3 extreme keywords if he is passionate about the topic at hand.
4 more moderating keywords if he is less invested or knowledgeable than the audience.
5 modify his voice if writing on behalf of a group i.e. we instead of I.
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The audience refers to the correct answers person or persons the author intended to read or hear
the work. However it could reach a much larger audience than intended.
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1 The message is the
2 The authors voice refers to
3 The genre is the
4 The medium is the correct answers 1 actual text written by the author, including factual
information and explicit opinions
2 how they use uniquely selected words to deliver a message. It is how an author expresses their
thoughts and can be unique and identifiable
3 category, which the written work belongs to, such as a book, article, essay, letter and so on.
4 delivery system into which the written work can be placed, such as print, broadcast, and digital
media.
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1 The goal is the
2 The goal of many passages on the MCAT is to be
3 Other passages may have
4 The authors tone is indicative of the
5 Authors may write with correct answers 1 reason why the author wrote the work.
2 persuasive, that is, to convince the reader to adopt new beliefs or to take action.
3 a goal of evoking an emotional response
4 goal of a written work because it reflects the authors attitude toward the subject matter
5 more than one goal in mind
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1 Context refers to
2 Within a written work, context refers to
3 For example, a words definition may be inferred from the
4 Context can also refer to
The rhetorical situation diagram pg 17. correct answers 1 two different (but related) concepts
within rhetoric
, 2 surrounding material that can be used to figure out the definitions or significance of a particular
element in the work.
3 other words in the same sentence; a paragraphs importance can be determined by comparison
with nearby paragraphs
4 the greater social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual environment in which the work
was written.
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1 Rhetoric depends on the
2 The Aristotelian triad describes
3 Logos,
4 Ethos,
5 Pathos, correct answers 1 communication skills of both the author of the message and the
audience receiving the message
2 three strategies, or appeals, used by an author to effectively transmit his message.
3 or logical persuasion, appeals to the audiences rational judgement
4 or ethical persuasion, appeals via the authors credibility
5 or emotional persuasion, appeals to the audiences feelings
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1 Keywords help us figure out
2 They fall into the categories: correct answers 1 how information is related within a passage, or
they may modify our interpretation of text around them
2 relation, author, and logic. We also read for content, organization, perspective, and reasoning
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1 When we read for content, we ask
2 Reading for content is guided by
3 You are never expected to have correct answers 1 what does the text say?
2 buzzwords, like proper nouns, names, dates, new terms, and jargon
3 prior familiarity with the content of a passage in CARS
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1 When we read for organization, we ask
2 · Reading for
3 · The organizational correct answers 1 how do sentences connect? And how do ideas relate?
2 organization is guided by relation keywords (transition words which allow movement between
sentences)
3 structure of a passage should be outlined on the available noteboard
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1 When we read for perspective, we ask why
2 Reading for perspective
3 · Other individual's voices can be referred to correct answers 1 does the author write? How
does the author feel? And who else has a voice?
2 is hidden by author keywords
