Cracking the GRE- Analytical
ANALYTICAL WRITING
A very important section to judge u as a person. The verbal and quant scores truly don’t reflect what u are. The writing section is a proper yardstick by which the univs. measure ur clarity of thought, in depth analysis etc. especially for humanities and arts students. It is very important in a psychological sense too. As this is the first section in ur exam, writing a good essay will boost ur morale and u’ll end up doing the other sections with high spirits. So make sure you create your own style of writing. A safe bet wud be to follow the standard templates of Princeton or Arco. Better coz makes life for u and the evaluating examiner, easy.
Avoid hackneyed expressions such as “a rolling stone gathers no moss” etc.
Shows lack of creativity and makes u sound OLD. Flamboyance has its own audience, but hyperbolizing and artificialness in the usage of words is treated with contempt. So, if u know a word, but dunno wat it exactly means, DON’T use it. A simple essay that is idea rich scores better than a drab one with bombastic language.
Do practice from the pool of issue topics and have ur essays graded. It’ll tell u which areas of writing u have to concentrate on. Use the scratch paper to marshal ur thots and spend at least 10 minutes planning ur essay. And plz avoid eye dialect in ur essays.
The “ plz, ur, u’re, wud , reco. ” all stop with the chat rooms. Gotta type Queen’s English in the exam. Spend 5 minutes skimming ur essay to look for such errors. Needless to say I did that. ;-)
Cheers
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