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Chapter 6
6.1: CARS Passage Structure and Strategy
LESSON 6.1 REVIEW
The Kaplan Method for CARS Passages
SCAN
FOR STRUCTURE
Decide whether to read the passage now or later
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Look for passage type (humanities or social science)
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Determine the difficulty of the passage
READ
STRATEGICALLY
Quickly read the passage, looking for keywords and connections
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Remember your keywords
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Find each paragraph’s relation to the passage as a whole
LABEL
EACH COMPONENT
Write a brief description of each paragraph
REFLECT
ON YOUR OUTLINE
Include the goal of the passage in your outline
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LESSON 7.1
Argument Structure
In this lesson, you’ll learn to:
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Recognize concepts, conceptual
relationships, and claims in passages
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Identify the components of an argument
CARS
Skills
MCAT
Expertise
Foundations
of
Comprehension
Reasoning
Within
the Text
Reasoning
Beyond
the Text
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Chapter 7
7.1: Argument Structure
LESSON 7.1, LEARNING GOAL 1:
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Recognize concepts, conceptual relationships, and claims in passages
The social novel has always presupposed a
substantial amount of social stability. The
ideal social novel had been written by Jane
Austen, a great artist who enjoyed the luxury
of being able to take society for granted; it was
there, and seemed steady beneath her glass,
Napoleon or no Napoleon. But soon it would
not be steady beneath anyone’s glass, and the
novelist’s attention had necessarily to shift
from the gradations within society to the fate of
society itself. It is at this point that the political
novel comes to be written—the kind in which
the idea of society, as distinct from the mere
unquestioned workings of society, has penetrated
the consciousness of the characters in all of its
profoundly problematic aspects.
What is the defining characteristic of the
author’s concept of the social novel
What example of the social novel is given?
What new concept is introduced and how does
it relate to the social novel
?
?
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