GMAT (Subject) / Initial Reading (Lesson)
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- Reading: multi and single paragraph The Initial Reading in each case is different although the principles are similar. In both Initial Reading processes we wish to save time and read only what is necessary in order to: 1) Get the main idea of the passage2) Map the passage so we can later locate information within it When facing multi-paragraph reading passages, the Initial Reading includes: Reading the first few sentences of the first paragraph and extracting the main idea Reading the first sentence of each following paragraph However, the Initial Reading of passages which are made of one paragraph only includes: Reading the first few sentences of the passage and extracting the main idea Scanning the passage for structural words/phrases which will indicate the beginning of a subsection within the passage