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GREPracticeTest1WritingResponses
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PracticeGeneralTest#1
AnalyticalWritingSampleEssaysandCommentaries
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AnalyticalWritingSampleEssayswithCommentaries.
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TheAnalyticalWritingportionoftheGREconsistsoftwowritingtopics,anIssuetopicandanArgumenttopic.
AnalyzeanIssue
SampleIssueTopicDirections
Directions:
TheAnalyticalWritingportionoftheGREconsistsoftwowritingtopics:
AnalyzeanIssueandAnalyzeanArgument.Forthissection,AnalyzeanIssuewillbethewritingtopic.
Youwillbegivenabriefquotationthatstatesorimpliesanissueofgeneralinterestandspecificinstructionsonhowtorespondtothatissue.Planandcomposearesponseinwhichyoudevelopapositionontheissueaccordingtothespecificinstructions.Aresponsetoanyotherissuewillreceiveascoreofzero.Standardtimingforanissuetopicis30minutes.
Makesurethatyourespondtothespecificinstructionsandsupportyourpositionontheissuewithreasonsandexamplesdrawnfromsuchareasasyourreading,experience,observations,and/oracademicstudies.
TrainedGREreaderswillreadyourresponseandevaluateitsoverallqualityaccordingtohowwellyoudoeachofthefollowing:
∙Respondtothespecificinstructionsontheissue
∙Considerthecomplexitiesoftheissue
∙Organize,develop,andexpressyourideas
∙Supportyourpositionwithrelevantreasonsand/orexamples
∙ControltheelementsofstandardwrittenEnglish
Beforeyoubeginwriting,youmaywanttothinkforafewminutesabouttheissueandtheinstructionsandthenplanyourresponse.Besuretodevelopyourpositionfullyandorganizeitcoherently,butleavetimetorereadwhatyouhavewrittenandmakeanyrevisionsyouthinkarenecessary.
SampleIssueTopic:
Thebestideasarisefromapassionateinterestincommonplacethings.
Discusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththestatementaboveandexplainyourreasoningforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichthestatementmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowthoseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.
Thefollowingaresampleresponsesandcommentaryonthoseresponses,whichexplainhowtheresponsewasscored.Thereareresponsesandscoringcommentsforessayswithscoresof6,5,4,3,2,and1.
Note:
Sampleresponsesarereproducedexactlyaswritten,includingmisspellings,wrongchoiceofwords,typographicalandgrammaticalerrors,etc.,ifany.
Thefollowingsampleissueresponsereceivedascoreof6:
Passionisclearlynecessaryforatrulygreatideatotakeholdamongapeople—passioneitheronthepartoftheoriginalthinker,theaudience,orideallyboth.Theclaimthatthemostlucrativesubjectmatterforinspiringgreatideasis“commonplacethings”mayseeminitiallytobecounterintuitive.Afterall,aren'tgreatideasusuallymarkedbytheirextraordinarycharacter?
Whilethisistrue,theirextraordinarycharacterisasoftenasnotdirectlyderivedfromtheirinsightintothingsthathadtheretoforegoneunquestioned.Whilegreatideascertainlycanarisethroughseeminglypureinnovation...say,forexample,BigBangcosmology,whichdevelopednearlyallofitsownscientificandphilosophicalpreceptsthroughitsownprocessofformation,itisneverthelessequallytruethatsuchgroundbreakingthoughtwas,andis,stilllargelyareevaluationofpreviousassumptionstoaradicaldegree...afterall,thequestionoftheultimatenatureoftheuniverse,andman'splaceinit,hasbeencentraltohumanthoughtsincethedawnoftime.Commonplacethingsare,additionally,necessaryasmaterialforthegenerationof“thebestideas”sincecertainlythesuccessamonganaudiencemustbeconsideredinevaluatingthesignificanceandqualityofanidea.
TheadventofBigBangcosmology,whichoccuredinrudimentaryformalmostimmediatelyuponEdwinHubble'sfirstobservationsattheHookertelescopeinCaliforniaduringtheearly20thcentury,wasthemostsignificantadvanceinmankind'sunderstandingoftheuniverseinover400years.Theseeminglysimplefactthateverythingintheuniverse,ontheverylargescale,ismovingawayfromeverythingelseinfactbetraysnearlyallofourscientificknowledgeoftheoriginsandmechanicsoftheuniverse.Thisslight,onemightevensaycommonplace,distortionoftintonahandfulofphotographicplatescarriedwithitthegreatestchallengetoMan'sgeneral,oftenreligiouslyreinforced,conceptionofthenatureoftheworldtoanextentnotseensincethedaysofGalileo.NotevenCharlesDarwin'stheory,thoughitcreatedmoreofastirthanBigBangcosmology,hadsuchshatteringimplicationsforourconceptionsofthenatureofourreality.YetitisnotsignificantbecauseitintroducedthequestionofthenatureofwhatliesbeyondMan'sgrasp.Atremendousnumberofmegalithicruins,includingthePyramidsbothofMexicoandEgypt,Stonehenge,andothers,indicatethatthisquestionhasbeenforemostonhumankind'scollectivemindsincetimeimmemorial.BigBangcosmologyissoincrediblysignificantinthislineofreasoningexactlybecauseofthedegreetowhichitchangedthedirectionofthisgenerallyheld,constantlypondered,andveryancienttrainofthought.
Additionally,thereisadiachronicsignificancetotheadventofBigBangcosmology,whichisthat,disregardinglimitationssuchasthequalityofopticaldevicesavailableandthestateoftheoreticalmath,itcouldhavehappenedatanypointintime.Thatistosay,allevidencepointstoroughlythesamerawintellectualcapacityforhomosapiensthroughoutourhistory,ourprogresshasmerelydependeduponthedegreeofitthatapersonhappenstoinherit,apacethathasbeenincreasingrapidlysincetheindustrialrevolution.Yetthisdiscoveryhadtohappenatacertainpointintimeoranother—itcannothavebeenhappeningconstantlyorhaveneverhappenedyetstillbepresent—andthispointintimedoeshaveitsownsignificance.Thatsignificanceispreciselythefactthattheaforementionedadventmusthaveoccurredatpreciselythepointintimeatwhichittrulycouldhaveoccured—thatistosay,itmarksthepointinourhistorywhenwehadprogressedsufficientlytobeginexamining,withremarkablesubstantiatedacuity,theworkingsoftheuniverseacrossdistancesthatwouldtakemillionsofhumanlifetimestoreachortotraverse.Thepointforthesuccessofthisadventmustnecessarilyhavebeen,additionally,thepointatwhichtheaudienceconcernedwascapableandpreparedtoacceptsucharadicallineofreasoning.
Bothfactors,aradical,passionateinterpretationofthecommonplaceandthepreparednesstoacceptsuchaninterpretation,arenecessaryfortheformulationofatrulygreatidea.Ifthepassionisabsentfromaninquirybythethinkerorbythebulkofanaudience,theideawilldieoutifitcomestofruitionatall.Ifthematerialisnotsufficientlycommonplacetobeconsideredbyaninformedaudienceofsufficientsize,thesametwohazardsexist.Giventhesetwofactors,theideamuststillbefoundpalatableandinterestingbytheaudienceifitistohopetogainafootholdandeventuallyestablishitselfinasignificantfashion.
Commentsonsampleessayreceivingscoreof6:
Thisoutstandingresponsepresentsacogent,well-articulatedanalysisofthecomplexitiesoftheissuebyarguingthat
(1)greatideasdevelopfromcommonplaceobservationsthatareinterpretedinaradicalway;and
(2)passionisrequiredofboththinkersandtheaudienceinorderforgreatideastotakehold.
Theargumentisbasedonanextendedexample(BigBangcosmology)andhastwoparts.Thefirstpartdefines“commonplacethings”asuniversalquestions(i.e.,thequesttounderstandthecosmosiscommonplace,thoughcomplex,becauseitisanancientanduniversalquestion)andplacesBigBangcosmologyincontextwiththescientificbreakthroughsofGalileoandthePyramidsofancientMexicoandEgypt.ThesecondpartexplainsBigBangastheresultofaconvergenceoffactors:
boththinkersandtheaudiencemustbereadytoreevaluate“previousassumptions”andaccept“radical,passionateinterpretations.”
Theargument’scarefullineofreasoningisstrengthenedbyappropriatetransitionsbetweenparagraphs(“Additionally,”“Bothfactors,aradical,passionateinterpretationofthecommonplaceandthepreparednesstoacceptsuchaninterpretation,arenecessaryfortheformulationofatrulygreatidea,”etc.)andwithinparagraphs(“NotevenCharlesDarwin’s,”“Yet,”“thatistosay,”etc.).Fluentandpreciselanguage—advent,rudimentary,diachronic,shatteringimplications,megalithicruins—andeffectivesentencevarietyalsocharacterizethisresponseasoutstanding.Finally,despitethepresenceofminorerrors(overuseofcommaandinconsistentuseofellipsesinparagraph1),thisresponsedemonstratesfacilitywiththeconventionsofstandardwrittenEnglish.
Thefollowingsampleissueresponsereceivedascoreof5:
Thestatementabovecomesfromtheperspectivethatthebestthinkers,inventors,an
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