The GRE Analytical Writing section is just one, 30-minute essay (aka The Issue Task). That’s it. So, what do you need to know to write a top-scoring Issue Essay? Read on to find out! What is the GRE Essay? Where Can I Find Sample Issue Topics? How is the GRE Issue Essay Scored? What do…
Our GRE expert breaks down a prompt from the GRE Issue task, including brainstorming and coming up with pros and cons of each side.
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,…
The GRE Analytical Writing essay topics, including the ones on the Issue task, come such from such wide a variety of fields that there seems to be no discernible pattern in the GRE writing prompts we’ve seen. There are cities cracking down on garbage collection; debates on term limits for leaders; pontification about job training;…
We’re going to explore one type of question, claim and reason, from the GRE Issue bank, which is about how teachers should specifically design courses for the interests of their students since doing so makes them motivated learners. If you have been diligently at work writing practice essays from our list of GRE writing prompts,…
Today, we’ll be looking at a mock AWA Issue essay. 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…