GRE Analytical Writing
The GRE essay, or GRE Analytical Writing measure, asks you to write two timed essays. You'll have 30 minutes to accomplish the Analyze an Issue task, during which you'll clearly communicate your own position on a topic using complex arguments. For the 30-minute Analyze an Argument task, you will need to logically evaluate an author's argument, and then support your own argument using evidence. You don't need any prior knowledge of specific topics to do well on these essays, but you will want to review previous GRE prompts to help understand the mechanics of these tasks.
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In a previous post, where I brainstormed ideas on a sample topic, I mentioned I would write a mock essay using those ideas. The prompt we’re going to look at is the 7th one from the ETS pool of issue topics (which begins with “In any field of”). And here is the essay. Essay While […]
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This is Part IX of my Student Issue Essay Analysis series. I’ll be posting a prompt our Premium students have responded to over at the Magoosh product (under real exam conditions) and giving my analysis of the essay. If you want, have a look at the prompt first and try your hand at the essay, […]
If you have been diligently at work writing practice essays from our list of GRE writing prompts, you may have noticed an interesting species of Issue question, one in which there is a claim and reason. We’re going to explore one such question from the GRE Issue bank, which is about how teachers should specifically […]
Your ability to cogently state and ably defend a position is critical to your AWA score. But even if you add to that a tight structure and a logical flow between sentences, you aren’t necessarily assured a ‘6’, or even a ‘5’. Lurking in the shadows of your prose is something just as important—grammar. Of […]
The AWA essay is no easy task. It is basically a 30-minute sprint in which you must display the poise of a ballerina. Even those who’ve trained for months find themselves running out of time at the end. Below are five time saving tips that can help you change an amazing 33-minute essay into an […]
Today, I will take apart a prompt from the Issue task. That is I’ll brainstorm, coming up with pros and cons and specific examples to back up each side. I’ve taken an example from the ETS website. If you don’t know already, their website offers hundreds of sample essay prompts. Now if you’re not convinced […]
For many, the Issue essay is tough. In a short 30 minutes, you are expected to come up with a persuasive essay on a topic you may know little about. And your readers aren’t your peers (who would probably be somewhat lenient in any omissions in logic). Instead, the GRE test graders are standing by, […]