Dedi Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 To those that have taken the GRE: how did you prepare for the Analytical Writing Section? I know I'm supposed to give specific details, but I look at these statements and I get so overwhelmed with questions like "what if my example is not accurate?" or, worse, "what if I plagiarize by not citing?" (I've been taught that paraphrasing without citing is still plagiarizing. Obviously I'm not going to remember citations either...). I know I can articulate things in my field, give examples, and cite those examples. But when I'm given an argument like, "Movie stars and sports players should be ideal role models" and I don't care about sports or what the heck movie stars are doing (thereby lacking any specific examples from not reading those specific news stories), how am I supposed to give a convincing essay supporting or arguing against the statement? By the way, I didn't make that prompt up. It was in the practice test I just took. Now that my practice Quantitative and Verbal are within an acceptable range (I got 160Q/155V on the last practice test), I'm more worried about the AWA score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rw11 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Hi Dedi, this is Ann-Sophie.... I am also worried about the AWA score... actually I am looking for a learning partner with whom I could go through the various issue topics in order to brainstorm together what to write .... Would you be interested in being my learning partner ? We could meet via skype or viber once or twice a week for one or two hours... What do you think? Best Ann-Sophie from Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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