GRE Essay: Analyze An Issue
GRE Essay: Analyze An Issue
GRE Essay: Analyze An Issue
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Analyze an issue
Follow our guidelines and use our format for a stress-free approach to writing a good GRE essay.
Guidelines
The Issue Task is presented as a statement or pair of statements about a topic. (The topics are straightforward and require no specialist knowledge.) Following the statement there will be a set of specific instructions telling you how to address the topic. No matter what the topic, the following points will apply: You will be expected to explain your position on an issue. You must justify your opinion of the topic under discussion with adequate reasoning. All the issue topics will have two sides. There is no "right" side: You have to decide your position on the topic after consideration of the pros and cons. Your position will usually be 80% in favor of one side. Always spend about 5 minutes thinking and planning. (Draw up a table of points before deciding which side will make the most persuasive essay.) Always use specific examples to support your point of view. You will need to look at the topic in a holistic way to show that you are aware of the implications of the different positions on the topic. You will need to read the specific instructions carefully to make sure your response aligns well with the directions.
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that you favor before dealing with ideas that might challenge your position. The following general format keeps these points in mind. We suggest you make a similar format of your own for each of the six sets of instructions that GRE uses.
Part I - Introduction
Write an introduction explaining in your own words what the issue is about. Try to generate interest in the topic under discussion, and make it clear why the topic is controversial. End your paragraph with a thesis statement. (A thesis statement is a clear summation of your point of view.) Remember that the position you take must be a reasonable one and not too dogmatic.
Part IV - Conclusion
You cannot leave the essay without reinforcing your thesis. If you have introduced a qualification into your argument, you will need to draw the essay back to your thesis. Try to avoid simply repeating what you have said; find something general to say that makes it clear that you have finished. More essay writing tips The introduction and the conclusion can be very general, but the body of the essay must be specific. Do not give a long list of examples all illustrating the same point. Stick to the one point-one example method. The examples can be from your own experience or from your reading or knowledge of current affairs, history etc. Good vocabulary is an asset, but don't use long words if you are not sure of the meaning. GRE Prep GRE Test Information GRE Test Structure GRE Scores GRE Verbal sentence equivalence text completion reading comprehension GRE Math
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