GRE Analytical Writing: Solutions to the Real Essay Topics- Book 1 (Test Prep Series) Paperback – February 17, 2017

I had read good reviews about this book on magoosh, so thought of purchasing it. The book starts with an introduction to the analytical writing section, then explains Analyze an Issue task and Analyze an Argument task including scoring patterns for both. It gives strategies for writing Issue and Argument tasks. It then takes 30 Issue topics and guides us to write an essay on each of those topics - strategies include how to interpret the topic, different positions that can be taken for the topic in question, ways to support the position you take, examples and more. At the end, a sample essay is also given which can be used as a benchmark. After the Issue topics, 30 Argument topics are covered. Again, each topic is followed by strategies and a sample essay. The author has addressed many possible positions of an Issue, assumptions in an argument, evidences required and questions to be answered making the writing task look easy as pie. Thanks for the recommendation magoosh.

I wanted to be prepared for the GRE essays before sitting for the exam and in my search for a good book,found this book on amazon. It had decent reviews so I thought of giving it a try and I think it is worthevery cent. The essay topics are explained in a simple, clear language. After that, the author lists manypoints that will give trigger to your thought process. So, you have the points from the authorplus your own points combining which you can write a pretty decent essay. To add to it, there is a sampleessay also given for each Issue/Argument. I would read through the sample essay once to get an ideaof how do I organize my thoughts. The book has worked wonders for me. Even for the topics not covered in the book,now I know exactly how should I go about organizing my thoughts and writing an essay that would get me a scoreof 6 :)

The official list of GRE AWA topics has many topics with different instructions. I had practised writing on a few topics but was never able to understand how to follow the exact instruction they give and develop my essay based on that instruction only. This book came to my rescue. It has covered topics with all different instructions and explained clearly how to go about writing essays for the specific instructions. Reading through the 60 topics, unambiguous, well reasoned and sound strategies and straightforward, to the point and coherent essays made my prep complete.

Had heard good reviews about this book, thought of giving it a shot. Bought kindle edition as returns are easy. Read this one very quickly as my exam is very near, and I don't want to return this book. Will refer to this atleast 2-3 times before my real GRE next week.Thank you

Worth every penny! This new edition of GRE Analytical Writing by Vibrant Publishers has 60 solved AWA essays. Most of the solutions are bang on! All these topics are from the official GRE essay list, so the probability of one of these essays coming in your actual GRE is very high. Infact in my GRE, I was asked one of the Issue topics that was already solved in this book. Having already read the solution had two advantages, 1) I had good idea of how to go about writing the essay and 2) I felt lot more confident and all my exam stress went away. I will give this book 5 stars!

This book does not explain the GRE essays well. It makes you confuse by reading through the essays. Please don’t waste your money to buy this.

5 gold stars!

Good book. Each topic is followed by multiple pointers to help you construct the essay. A sample essay is also provided for reference. But what I liked the most about the book is they covered over sixty writing topics. Great for practice.

I hoped that this book would provide answers to the essays that were scoring 6's. But I really feel that the essays were not answering the question. The build up looked like they were planning a structured answer but in the end there was a random factual essay not related back to the statement. I am glad to see others felt this way so I knew that I wasnt misunderstanding the GRE task.I am also not convinced that it is reasonable to expect such detailed facts. This book makes you think that it is more about the essay being lucky to be about your chosen field - it shouldnt be biased this way so dont panic.I would also like the book to give you some tasks to perform in order to build you up to writing a good essay. So far I would say the general GRE books are giving a more structured approach and advice. Good to see the realistic length of the half hour essay though.

Great!

The book is a downer due to its sheer size and volume. Bulky with lot of unnecessary content.

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One of the best for GRE AWA sample. Would suggest you to buy Kindel version as its at much better price.