Tackling the Argument Essay: Structuring the Essay

As with most essays on standardized tests, your trusty five-paragraph format is the way to go. This includes a brief introduction, three body paragraphs, and a brief conclusion. Read on for tips for structuring each of these paragraphs. Throughout this post, we’ll be referring to an example taken from the GRE Analyze An Argument Essay

Tackling the Argument Essay: How to Outline Effectively

Since you only have thirty minutes to complete the Analyze an Argument task, it is crucial that you spend the first five minutes developing a solid outline for your essay. The steps below will help you use your time efficiently and effectively. 1. Read the directions carefully Your prompt will have one of eight different

Tackling the Argument Essay: Types of Logical Fallacies

When writing the GRE argument essay, your primary task is to poke holes in the argument provided, which involves identifying logical fallacies, or flaws in logic. As the ETS website states, you do not need to be familiar with all of the various types of logical fallacies, but herein we will describe the five that

The Ultimate GRE Vocab List

Below is a sample list of GRE® vocabulary words organized into categories and subcategories for easier memorization. Here are 700 free words for you. For a complete list of the top-2500 GRE words categorized by definition, please see our GRE Plus Package WHY’RE YOU ACTING UP? Praise Admirable- commendable, creditable, estimable, laudable, meritorious, venerable To praise/praise (n.)-

Tackling the Issue Essay: The Instructions, Explained

Remember those “trick” worksheets your teachers gave you in elementary school that asked you to answer a series of questions, but the directions also said to read all questions before beginning? The last question said something like, “Write your name at the top and skip all other questions.” Our teachers weren’t deliberately annoying us; they

Tackling the GRE Issue Essay: Choosing Your Position

Though instructions can vary slightly, all of the GRE Issue Essay prompts ask whether you agree or disagree with a given position, and to support your position with evidence. In addition, almost all of the prompts ask you to address the other side of the debate (the opposite side from the one you chose). This

Tackling the GRE Issue Essay: Types of Evidence

When you write essays for college or graduate school classes, you can fill your body paragraphs with quotations, statistics, and detailed descriptions of historical events. However, when you are writing the GRE Issue Essay, you will have to rely on your memory and quick thinking to find support for your thesis. But don’t panic! There

Tackling the GRE Issue Essay: Intro, Part II

If you feel that you’ve mastered the traditional approach to an introduction described in Part I, then maybe it’s time to try out some additional strategies for beginning your essay. These include using anecdotes, rhetorical questions, and definitions. Just like in Part I, imagine you are responding to this prompt from the GRE Issue Essay

Tackling the GRE Issue Essay: Intro, Part I

You’ve probably found that when writing essays for college classes, coming up with the introduction can be one of the hardest parts of the writing process. If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent hours staring at a blank computer screen, waiting for inspiration to strike. Unfortunately, when writing GRE essays, you have minutes, not hours. The good news is that once you have the introduction written, you usually have a good sense of what your body paragraphs will contain, and then the essay virtually writes itself.

Most Common Greek & Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

an– not, without, opposite to ab- from ad- to, toward ante- before anti- against, opposite auto- self bi- two circum- around de- away from dia- through, across dis- away from, not en- put into, into ex- out of, former extra- outside of, beyond hyper- over, more il, ir- not, without in, im- into, not inter-