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The PowerScore GMAT Verbal Trilogy

The ultimate GMAT Verbal self-preparation: All three PowerScore GMAT Bibles for $34.98 off our retail prices! Master the verbal section of the GMAT using the industry leading concepts developed by PowerScore.  This set includes the 2021 edition all three: The PowerScore Critical Reasoning Bible, The PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible, and The PowerScore Reading Comprehension Bible!

The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible

The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible™ will teach you how to break down GMAT argumentation, how to recognize GMAT question types, and how to separate correct answers from incorrect answers. You will improve your accuracy in answering questions and your speed as well. If you are shooting for the highest score possible, the Critical Reasoning Bible will help you maximize your performance.

The PowerScore GMAT Reading Comprehension Bible

The PowerScore GMAT Reading Comprehension Bible is the definitive guide to the Reading Comprehension portion of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), featuring passages, questions, and concept drills, complete with explanation and analysis. This book will provide you with a powerful and comprehensive system for breaking down any passage and attacking any Reading Comprehension question that you may encounter on the GMAT.

The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible

The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible™ is the most comprehensive book available for the Sentence Correction section of the GMAT. The book features a detailed methodology for attacking all aspects of Sentence Correction questions, including recognizing errors in parts of speech, the proper way to correct single and multiple errors, strategies for determining possible errors, and techniques for quickly eliminating answer choices as you solve the questions.

The PowerScore GMAT Sentence Correction Bible™ is the most comprehensive book available for the Sentence Correction section of the GMAT. The grammar lessons contained in the Sentence Correction Bible are representative of the techniques covered in PowerScore’s live courses and have consistently been proven effective for thousands of our students.

The book features and explains a detailed methodology for attacking all aspects of Sentence Correction questions, including recognizing errors in parts of speech, the proper way to correct single and multiple errors, strategies for determining possible errors, and techniques for quickly eliminating answer choices as you solve the questions. Entire chapters are devoted to potential errors in common parts of speech.

The following grammar concepts and errors are covered in detail:

• Basic Grammar
• Verbs
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Modifiers
• Conjunctions
• Sentence Construction
• Style
• Multiple Errors
• Sentence Correction Strategies

In addition, the Sentence Correction Bible features well over 200 GMAT Sentence Correction questions in examples, drills, and problem sets in order to effectively practice our techniques. This includes examples for each of the error types referenced above. The Sentence Correction questions on the GMAT represent approximately one-third of your verbal score and often intimidate test takers whose formal grammar training lapsed in elementary or middle school. However, once you understand how to efficiently approach each error type and deconstruct the sentence presented, the solution to each question can be quickly discovered. Through step-by-step analysis of every error that you will encounter, detailed explanations for every answer choice, and extensive drills to enforce every major concept, this book with teach you how to correctly solve even the most complicated Sentence Correction problems.

The Sentence Correction Bible is also supplemented by a unique website that provides additional materials to complement the book and answer frequently asked student questions.

The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible™ will teach you how to break down GMAT argumentation, how to recognize GMAT question types, and how to separate correct answers from incorrect answers. You will improve your accuracy in answering questions and your speed as well. If you are shooting for the highest score possible, the Critical Reasoning Bible will help you maximize your performance. The approaches discussed in the Critical Reasoning Bible are also useful when attacking Reading Comprehension questions.

The author has over 20 years experience teaching classes for graduate school admissions tests. An expert in test preparation, he has overseen the preparation of thousands of students and founded two national test preparation companies. Read the acclaim for Dave’s other books, The PowerScore LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible and The PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible.

The Critical Reasoning Bible is also supplemented by an exclusive website that provides additional material for the book, including suggested study plans and answers to frequently asked student questions.

Table of Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: The Basics of Critical Reasoning
• Chapter Three: The Question Stem and Answer Choices
• Chapter Four: Must Be True Questions
• Chapter Five: Main Point Questions
• Chapter Six: Weaken Questions
• Chapter Seven: Cause and Effect Reasoning
• Chapter Eight: Strengthen and Assumption Questions
• Chapter Nine: Resolve the Paradox Questions
• Chapter Ten: Method of Reasoning and Flaw in the Reasoning Questions
• Chapter Eleven: Parallel Reasoning Questions
• Chapter Twelve: Numbers and Percentages
• Chapter Thirteen: Evaluate the Argument Questions
• Chapter Fourteen: Test Readiness
• Complete Chapter Answer Key
• Glossary and Index

The PowerScore GMAT Reading Comprehension Bible is the definitive guide to the Reading Comprehension portion of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), featuring passages, questions, and concept drills, complete with explanation and analysis. This book will provide you with a powerful and comprehensive system for breaking down any passage and attacking any Reading Comprehension question that you may encounter on the GMAT. The concepts presented in this publication are representative of the techniques and approaches that have been tested in PowerScore's live GMAT preparation courses and have consistently been proven effective for countless students.

In order to develop a strong foundation in Reading Comprehension, this book contains substantial discussions of how to deconstruct reading passages, how to identify and attack the various question types that commonly accompany GMAT passages, and how to successfully avoid traps set by the test makers. The PowerScore GMAT Reading Comprehension Bible’s drills and exercises supplement the discussion of techniques and question analysis, providing the opportunity to practice and reinforce the skills necessary for a strong performance; for this reason the book’s numerous drills are as important as the passages and questions themselves

Once you have studied and applied the techniques outlined in The PowerScore GMAT Reading Comprehension Bible, we are confident that you can improve your Reading Comprehension performance on the GMAT. The GMAT Reading Comprehension Bible is also supplemented by an exclusive website that provides additional materials, information and assistance.

The PowerScore GMAT Verbal Bible Workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with the PowerScore GMAT Bibles. Its purpose is to help you better understand the ideas presented in the Sentence Correction Bible, Critical Reasoning Bible, and Reading Comprehension Bible, and to allow you to practice the application of our methods and techniques. This is not a how-to manual, but rather a traditional workbook designed to reinforce the skills and approaches that will enable you to master the Verbal section of the GMAT. 

This book is divided into three sections:

Section One: Sentence Correction
The first section of this workbook contains a set of ten separate grammar drills, followed by six problem sets that will test and expand your knowledge of Sentence Correction concepts. 

Section Two: Critical Reasoning
The second section of this workbook contains a variety of drills designed to reinforce your understanding of argumentation and the techniques used to solve each Critical Reasoning question type.

Section Three:  Reading Comprehension
The third section of the book includes a set of drills and problem sets that will hone your Reading Comprehension skills and increase your knowledge of what to focus on when reading.