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  II: The Challenge
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I: Reading Comprehension
 

 

Here we will teach you what you should have learned in college, but didn't. This is a breakdown of how to read in a time-efficent and effective manner while being able to read between the lines to find out what the author is really saying.

This section is exhaustive and exceptionally informative. We start with about 30 pages of learning how to read using 800score techniques. Then we have 14 essays broken up by skill level to match your ability. In these essays we show the 800score techniques in action by breaking down and dissecting each essay so that you learn by doing.

A typical GRE verbal test will include 4-5 Reading Comprehension passages, with 3 to 4 questions per passage. So expect that of the 30 Verbal questions, 12 to 15 will be Reading Comprehension questions.


The directions for these questions look like this:

Directions: Each passage is followed by questions about its content. After reading a passage, select the best answer to each question among the five choices. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what the passage states or implies.

A passage and a corresponding question look like this:


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The Challenge