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CARS correct answers - passages range from 500-600 words
- each passage has approximately 5 to 7 questions
Humanities passages correct answers - half the passages will be from humanities
- such as architecture, art, dance, ethics, literature, music, philosophy, popular culture, religion,
studies of diverse cultures, theater
Social science passages correct answers - half of the passages will be from social science
- such as anthropology, archaeology, economics, education, geography, history, linguistics,
political science, population health, psychology, sociology, and studies of diverse cultures
Foundations of Comprehension correct answers questions ask about 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 phrase based on context
Reasoning within the text correct answers - questions ask you to draw inferences (unstated parts
of arguments that logically must be true based on the information given)
- or ask how one piece of information relates to another (as a piece of evidence that supports a
conclusion for example)
Reasoning beyond the text correct answers ask you to 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
Chapter 2 correct answers Analyzing Rhetoric
Rhetoric correct answers is the art of communicating through writing and speaking
Rhetorical knowledge correct answers refers to an awareness of the components of a written
work besides the actual words on the page, such as the author, intended audience and goal
Rhetorical analysis correct answers is the examination of a particular work for the sake of
identifying its rhetorical elements (the components of rhetorical knowledge)
Author correct answers - is the individual or group writing the piece
- authors who are expert in a topic and who are writing for knowledgeable audiences may use
jargon, which vocabulary specific to a particular field
- may use more extreme keywords if he is passionate about the topic at hand
- an author may use more moderating keywords if he is less invested or knowledgeable
- an author may modify his voice if writing on behalf of a group
Audience correct answers refers to the person or persons the author intended to read or hear the
work
, Message correct answers is the actual text written by the author, including a factual information
and explicit opinions
Author's voice correct answers - refers to how she uniquely selects words to deliver a message
- it is how an author expresses her thoughts and can be unique and identifiable
Genre correct answers is the category which the written work belongs to such as a book, article,
essay, letter and so on
Medium correct answers is the delivery system into which the written work can be placed, such
as print, broadcast and digital media
Goal correct answers - is the reason why the author wrote the work
- the goal of many passages on the MCAT is to be persuasive, that is, to convince the reader to
adopt new beliefs or take action
- other passages may have a goal of evoking an emotional response
- authors may write with more than one goal in mind
Tone correct answers is indicative of the goal of a written work because it reflects the author's
attitude towards the subject matter
Context correct answers - refers to two different (but related) concepts within rhetoric
- within a written work, context refers to surrounding material that can be used to figure out the
definition or significance of a particular element in the work
- for example, a word's definition may be inferred from the other words in the same sentence; a
paragraph's importance can be determined by comparison with nearby paragraphs
- can also refer to the greater social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual environment in
which the work was written
Aristotelian triad correct answers - describes three strategies, or appeals used by an author to
effectively transmit his message
- logos or logical persuasion, appeals to the audience's rational judgement
- ethos or ethical persuasion, appeals via the author's credibility
- pathos or emotional persuasion, appeals to the audience's feelings
Chapter 3 correct answers Keywords
Keywords correct answers help us figure out how information is related within a passage, or they
may modify our interpretation of the text around them
When we read for content, correct answers - we ask "What does the text say?"
- reading for content is guided by buzzwords, like proper nouns, names, dates, new terms, jargon
- you are never expected to have prior familiarity with the content of a passage in CARS
When we read for organization, correct answers - we ask "How do sentences connect?" and "how
do ideas relate?"
