| 15th October 2014 06:30 PM | |
| Arvind Kumar | Re: GRE Last years Papers Here I am giving you question paper for Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in a PDF file attached with it so you can get it easily. The following sample issue response received a score of 2: The above statement reinforces my values and beliefs. I agree that the best ideas arises from a paasionate interest. I agree simply because a person must be able to personally relate to a thing in order to become passionate to the idea. The person behind the best ideas are passionate because the commonplace things have affected the person on a personally level or on a mutual level. The relationship between the commonplace thing and the best idea unites a passionate interest to the person who it has affected. A person must have a desire to build on their passion in order to follow through on his or her idea. Comments on sample essay receiving score of 2: This response presents a seriously flawed analysis of the issue. The response agrees with the prompt by arguing that a person must be able to relate to something in order to develop passion for it. -27- (The connection between things one can “relate to” and “commonplace things” is implied.) The response also states that passion is necessary in order for a person to follow through on an idea. However, neither of these claims is supported with relevant reasons or examples. Furthermore, flawed word choice and other language control problems make the reasoning hard to follow (particularly in sentences 4 and 5: “The person behind the best ideas are passionate because the commonplace things have affected the person on a personally level or on a mutual level. The relationship between the commonplace thing and the best idea unites a passionate interest to the person who it has affected.” In those sentences the respondent attempts to analyze the relationship between commonplace things, passion, and ideas). Nevertheless, this response is not a 1: the respondent does provide evidence of the ability to understand the issue and attempts to present a position on it. -28- The following sample issue response received a score of 1: This topic can be found to be true in many different areas. The best ideas that people have come up with are usually founded be improving commonplace things. For example in order to improve the effiecency of writing the typewriter was invented, then following that the computer was invented. Comments on sample essay receiving score of 1: This response presents a fundamentally deficient discussion of the issue. The first sentence consists of generic language that can be applied to any prompt. Thus, it neither enhances nor detracts from the analysis. The remainder of the response consists of a statement in support of the prompt and a list of two examples (the typewriter and the computer). The examples offered are potentially relevant but completely undeveloped. Basic errors in usage and grammar -29- are pervasive, but it is primarily the inability to develop an organized response that makes this response a 1. This is the end of sample responses and commentaries for the Issue task. Sample responses and commentaries for the Argument task follow. -30- Revised GRE Practice Test 1. Analyze an Argument Sample Argument Topic Directions Directions: The Analytical Writing portion of the GRE consists of two writing topics: Analyze an Issue and Analyze an Argument. For this section, Analyze an Argument will be the writing topic. You will be given a short passage that presents an argument, and specific instructions on how to respond to that passage. Plan and compose a response in which you analyze the passage according to the specific instructions. A response to any other argument will receive a score of zero. Standard timing for an argument topic is 30 minutes.     |
| 13th October 2014 06:13 PM | |
| Unregistered | GRE Last years Papers Please provide me question paper for Graduate Record Examination (GRE) in a PDF file soon ? |
