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Know how to get a perfect score of 340 in the quantitative aptitude and verbal reasoning sections but confused about the GRE Analytical writing? This section of the GRE exam where you are expected to write a full-fledged essay on two different topics can be a dream or a nightmare, depending on how proficient you are in writing for an entire hour. Analytical writing is nothing like the verbal section in which you are required to fill up the blank spaces or you have to choose from the options available.. It is something where you have to create a coherent piece of writing through which you can present your thoughts and views in front of the examiners and show them that you are the perfect candidate for grad schools. GRE never asks you to be a prize-winning writer, but it does want its aspirant to be a competent writer who can use standard words and use them accordingly to formulate their thoughts.
Before we can decide which books are best to refer to for analytical writing in GRE, we should understand what analytical writing is. Analytical is the first section of the GRE exam. You cannot move on to the next section, the verbal or quantitative aptitude sections without completing the Analytical section. There is no experimental section on analytical writing, and in this section, you will have one hour where you will need to write two different essays.Â
These are:
- Analyze an Issue: The essay on analyzing an issue asks you to analyze and respond on some general proclamation, which can be related to education, politics, or culture. You are asked to take a position on complex issues.
- Analyze an Argument: The Argument, in contrast to the issue essay, prompts you to dichotomize the soundness of any given position. You will find the situation in the paragraph provided. Hence it won’t be incorrect to say that it requires a little bit of more reading and complexity of thought than the Issue topic.
Here are a few study materials that can help you be ready for the analytical writing in GRE and get a picture-perfect score of 6.
- Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis: You can create an exceptional article if you have an active vocabulary. Writing an essay is a game of words and the words listed in this book are based on the etymology of the words. Hence, playing with words becomes easy and fun if you know the parent words.
- GRE Analytical Writing: Solutions to the Real Essay Topics –Vibrant Publishers: This book contains over 25 samples for both analyzing an issue and analyzing argument topics. There are also pre-writing activities which would assist you with why the writers opted for a particular point of view and used evidence to support his responses. Expert strategies and scoring guides for both the Issue and Argument tasks as per guidelines make this a must buy for any GRE aspirant.
- Read lots of standard Novels: These novels will help you in understanding the correct way of presenting your ideas and thoughts.
- Read international newspapers: International newspapers, especially the ones published in the US will help you get a better idea of the politics, culture, and education, as the topics are given in the exam, are of the US centred.
Try these and getting a perfect 6 will be child’s play for you. Be a competent writer, play with words and we are sure you would ace this section of the GRE exam.
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