Are indicator words the main tool that you're using to break down arguments? Are they the only tool?

Well, they're certainly the one I'm talking about most today.

And I think indicator words are great.

They tend to be the first thing I notice when I'm trying to break down an argument.

But I should grant they're not the only tool.

They're kind of the 1A here.

we have a couple of other tools and i'm going to mention them just briefly today and maybe on some other day on some other podcast or in a lesson that we do we can dig more into them but one thing that we have is the why test and another that i'll provide is a general guideline about facts versus opinions so first the why test the idea here is that Kind of by definition, a conclusion is a statement that's supported by other statements.

Okay.

But I guess I mean, how many words can someone realistically learn per day, for example?

Well, that's a bunch of great questions right there.

And I guess I'll try to start with the sort of per day question.

And I've seen a lot of different opinions on this.

It really depends who you ask.

My view is 10 to 20 words per day is probably about the limit for most people.

Journaling takes time, and it's really important to me that you spend enough time on each word to really learn it rather than rushing for quantity over quality.

Antebellum, anachronism, ambivalent, and we're not even out of the age yet.

What if I'm just starting my prep, I don't know anything about the exam, I've never seen it, and I just don't feel ready to take that practice test?

So that's very understandable.

We do get students coming in really raw.

They're like, I heard I need to take the GMAT or the GRE.

I have no idea what that is.

and in those cases I always tell students like it's okay if you want to spend a week or maybe two get the official guide for that test and both official guides for GMAT and GRE have pretty good general like math review and everything you can go through that and familiarize yourself with the different question types and just get your bearings a little bit before taking the test but what is important what we don't want is we don't want to have this turn into this sort of never ending doom loop of, you know, you don't feel ready to take the practice test.

So you don't do the review session.

And for people listening on audio, we'll

How do you recommend they kick this off and get started?

Well, I think for a lot of students, the first decision is whether you want to take the GMAT or the GRE.

And that's a whole topic all of its own.

But in brief, it really comes down to which test plays better to your strengths.

It's not about what feels quote unquote easier because both tests are scored on a curve.

But if you're not sure, you could discuss with a tutor or just look over some sample material from each test and see which question types suit you best.

But let's suppose, put that to the side, that you've chosen your test.

What else are you seeing?