Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Sep 1312:30 AM EDT
-01:30 AM EDT
Struggling to find the right strategies to score a 99 %ile on GMAT Focus? Riya (GMAT 715) boosted her score by 100-points in just 15 days! Discover how the right mentorship, tailored strategies, and an unwavering mindset can transform your GMAT prep.
Sep 1301:30 AM EDT
-02:30 AM EDT
At one point, she believed GMAT wasn’t for her. After scoring 595, self-doubt crept in and she questioned her potential. But instead of quitting, she made the right strategic changes. The result? A remarkable comeback to 695. Check out how Saakshi did it.
Sep 1507:00 PM EDT
-09:00 PM EST
Elite scores are possible when you enroll in a powerful GMAT course, taught live online + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Tues/Thurs Sept. 15, 2026 - Nov. 15, 2027, 7:00pm-9:00pm EST
Sep 1808:00 PM PDT
-09:00 PM PDT
Video explanations + diagnosis of 10 weakest areas + 150+ short videos + study plan!
Sep 2107:00 PM EDT
-10:00 PM EDT
Boost your GMAT score in less than one month in a live online class + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri Sept. 21, 2026 - Oct. 9, 2027, 7:00pm-10:00pm EST
10 Feb 2025, 08:44
Kudos
Bookmarks
I’m having trouble with Reading Comprehension questions that ask about the author’s tone and attitude. I often get confused between neutral and slightly positive or negative tones, especially when the passage is dense with technical information. How do you effectively identify subtle shifts in tone, and are there any specific strategies to approach these types of questions? Also, if you know any good resources or practice materials for this?
10 Feb 2025, 20:35
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi. So it is fantastic that you have been able to isolate your weakness down to a question type.
At the same time, It is going to be hard to isolate RCs just for Tone since for example in the OG, you will have an RC with 8 questions and you will either have to drop those other 7 or solve all of them which will make it a much longer exercise. So RC's are tough solve and isolate.
I would instead recommend either general RC practice (with as many official questions as possible) though there are not many tone questions out there as not much otherwise. Alternatively you can try reading different passages and topics that are not GMAT-related and then ask ChatGPT if it matched the author's tone with you. Perhaps you read an article or something else and you can get your ear trained a bit more that way.
My final idea for you would be to focus on the mistakes and try to review and cover as many of those as possible and specifically print out passages and identify the markers that made the author's tone one way or another.
P.S. Sorry, I did not run into this issue during my prep, so did not have to deal with it.
At the same time, It is going to be hard to isolate RCs just for Tone since for example in the OG, you will have an RC with 8 questions and you will either have to drop those other 7 or solve all of them which will make it a much longer exercise. So RC's are tough solve and isolate.
I would instead recommend either general RC practice (with as many official questions as possible) though there are not many tone questions out there as not much otherwise. Alternatively you can try reading different passages and topics that are not GMAT-related and then ask ChatGPT if it matched the author's tone with you. Perhaps you read an article or something else and you can get your ear trained a bit more that way.
My final idea for you would be to focus on the mistakes and try to review and cover as many of those as possible and specifically print out passages and identify the markers that made the author's tone one way or another.
P.S. Sorry, I did not run into this issue during my prep, so did not have to deal with it.
11 Feb 2025, 00:30
Kudos
Bookmarks
Adding something , perhaps, useful to what bb already said.
There are not so many questions about the tone of the passage on the GMAT. Maybe some on the GRE, but they are pretty rare either.
The tone is roughly in the realm of the main idea, but it's more narrow in scope.
A trick is to look at transition words, specifically, look at the adjectives.
There are not so many questions about the tone of the passage on the GMAT. Maybe some on the GRE, but they are pretty rare either.
The tone is roughly in the realm of the main idea, but it's more narrow in scope.
A trick is to look at transition words, specifically, look at the adjectives.
Attachment:
