How To Prepare for the GRE Argument Critique

GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) is a standardised test which is administered by ETS (Educational Testing Service). It tests your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking abilities and analytical writing.

GRE is one of the mandatory requirements to take admission in many graduate schools. Furthermore, there are basically two types of GRE tests namely, GRE General Test and GRE Subject Test (which is related to particular subjects). If you are planning to take GRE General Test, then you have to prepare well for the argument critique portion to get good score.

Argument critique is an essay question in the GRE which will test your writing skills. You will have to comment on an argument provided in the test. You can prepare for the GRE argument critique part by following the given steps.

Instructions

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    First of all, you must go to the GRE website to see the list of sample topics for argument critique in order to become familiar with the type of essay that you will have to write in the test.

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    You cannot write your own opinion in the essay because you have to analyse the argument in an analytical way. Don’t involve your emotions in the essay writing and just analyse the author’s argument in a critical manner.

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    After reading the writing sample, you should take a note of any information or assumption which is missing. The missing information will show the author’s partiality in the argument that you will have to discuss in your writing in a critical way.

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    In order to give reference to your argument in the essay, you must find the common reasonable fallacy (for instance, inductive and classic) in the author’s statement. There will always be at least one rational fallacy in the statement which you must find out first.

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    You should complete your essay before the specified time so as to save some time for editing and reviewing it. You must go through your essay well in order to check its flow and relevance. Besides, you should also correct the spelling or grammatical mistakes (if any) to get good score.

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