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Mini Reading List 1: Introducing Asimov and Arthur C Clarke
Please Read: (Pretty Please) Ask Multivax 9 billion names of god and we keep quiet in deference to the great masters.
Main idea is the main idea
Days to CAT : Around 90 The significance of “Main idea”/Topic Statement Identification While reading , looking for the central idea is the key to understanding what is really going on in the passage and how the various pieces of … Continue reading
Making Meaning
Always remember that your principle task while any reading is to figure out what the author is trying to say. Previous Text analysis samples provided must have elucidated the fact then you see 40 lines , the crux of the … Continue reading
Detect Similarities
Text Structure Compare The ability to detect relations is the principle task for any thinker. In the following text identify the use of Comparison as a relationship between ideas. Remember comparison mean looking for similarities . The resumption of talks … Continue reading
more Meta Reading Illustration
1. Identify at most 5 sentences which reflect the central idea of the passage 2. Identify Keywords 3. Describe the color coding 4. Identify cases of topic statement and elaboration 5. Provide Meta-listing of the passage In 1972, after the … Continue reading
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Analysis Paralysis
1. Identify at most 5 sentences which reflect the central idea of the passage 2. Identify Keywords 3. Describe the color coding 4. Identify cases of topic statement and elaboration 5. Provide Meta-listing of the passage Chief Justice V N … Continue reading
CAT 99 passage 3 analysis
Take the quiz here Analysis Thus Paragraph 1 and 2 word play to be added here
Text Structure: Compare
one of the fundamental skills in reading is the ability to identify patterns and the structures being used to organize the information in a piece of text . Early recognition of the structure of information can make assimilating information easier. … Continue reading
Text Structure: Contrast
one of the fundamental skills in reading is the ability to identify patterns and the structures being used to organize the information in a piece of text . Early recognition of the structure of information can make assimilating information easier. … Continue reading
Text Structure : Chronological
Being able to detect patterns in information can make the task of Comprehension both easier and faster . Early detection of the main idea and the noticing how the information is organized before actually reading the details can make handling … Continue reading
D.T.A Day 4
Original Text The ‘last mile’ challenges sellers of products and services in rural India. Customers are widely dispersed, infrastructure to reach them is inadequate, and therefore profits are elusive. A way out for businesses, explained in CII’s report on ‘Winning … Continue reading
D.T.A day 3
Special keyword Focus : Not…………..but…………. Text Structure: Problem- Solution Awareness of commonly used language structures can greatly enhance comprehension in simpler words Keywords and transitive phrases aid comprehension by providing known structures to organize information. Most of us by now … Continue reading
Daily Text Analysis : Day 1
Read the passage Identify the main Idea The housing shortage in India, according to conservative official estimates of the Tenth Five Year Plan, is approximately 22.4 million. In urban areas alone the demand-supply gap is about 17 million units. According … Continue reading