GMAT逻辑基本知识Proceed by.pdfVIP

智 课 网 G M A T 备 考 资 料 GMAT逻辑基本知识Proceed by 作为入门GMAT逻辑的基本知识，这是考生第一步要牢牢掌握的， 不了解这些入门级知识量，后期无法很好地学会GMAT逻辑。下面就由 智课小编为大家讲解GMAT逻辑基本知识第一课：Proceed by。 Proceed by Common prompts for Proceed by: • The argument proceeds by . . . • The professor derives her conclusion by . . . • The method of reasoning the argument employs is to . . . • The response to the director’s argumentation is . . . Before you look at the answer: 1. Pinpoint the main conclusion in the passage. (Read my previous Main Point post.) 2. Separate the premises from everything else. After you find the main point, don’t assume that all the other statements are premises; they might include opposing viewpoints, background information, and concessions. 3. Then, in your own words, describe how the argument unfolds: “the author presents a recent study and then refutes the same study by showing that its sample is unrepresentative.” Avoid looking att he answers until you have forced yourself to describe the overall structure of the argument. Now look for the answer that most accurately describes what you just described. 1. Focus on the active clause of each answer to help yourself move through the maze of the answer choices quickly. 2. The correct answer must describe exactly what’s happening in the passage. Make sure every word of that answer correlates with some part of the passage. In other words, translate the abstract terms into concrete terms from the passage. If you pay attention to my previous posts, you might have a feeling of Déjà vu. That means you did pay attention to my discussions. Congratulations.The above steps are almost a verbatim copy of the “Role/Boldface” post. Why?Because all arguments are the same and both posts deal with the ways to present an argument. Once you know what is the premise, what is the main conclusion, and how to get fr