Keep up the good work
gmatexam439 My 2 cent on how to use this activity the most. Right way to come up with the right summery.
- Read the first line of RC very carefully and tell yourself that you will get to know something good about "XYZ".
- now try to find out your good guy and your bad guy. no matter what process is going to be quiet easier if you find it as a story. This will make you engage. the more you engage the better.
- take help from contrasting/supporting words. this way you can predict what is coming next. Always predict what is coming next.
- after every paragraph, stop and tell a summary of it. also try to connect it with previous para , if any. as mentioned in
magoosh RC guide, map don't memories. This will help you to go back to specific part of the passage and reread.
- while mapping remember which example is given or something around the theory whatever you can.
- once done, tell the summary in minimum possible words.
- never use outside information while reading RC.
- your imagination power and memorization is going to play a major role in this case. you really need these two things to excel in this part. understand that RC part is more like an open book exam and still people struggle in it.
- mind the time. do not take anything more than 3-4 min. after all it's all about time. this one should be done in 2 min.
- You don't need to practice the RC. you just need to practice the reading. Rest will fall on its place at right time.
- Your summery can be any thing, as far as you can map the para in right way. -
adkikani - on these lines no one can call your's wrong or even not right. As far as you should able to map whole thing once you are done. So you take the call here. in 2 min you have to finish this up and come up with summery and map in your head.
Thank you for the insights.
I have just 1 point to add: while writing the summaries during practice sessions one can write them in any language they feel comfortable in. For instance, most of my summaries were in symbol language; this helped me save a few precious seconds.