GMAT Essay Section Guide(转自www.800score.com/bmat)

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The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) is how business schools evaluate your writing skills. The AWA section has two 30-minute essay questions, each requiring a completely different strategy. Present Your Perspective on an Issue (30 minutes) Here you present your opinion on a controversial issue. Analysis of Argument (30 minutes) Here you analyze the reasoning in an argument and find its logical flaws. Your essay will be evaluated by an "E-rater" (a computer "bot" grading program that scans essays). If the GMAT essay grader and E-rater agree on a score, that's the grade your essay will receive. If they disagree, then a second GMAT grader will grade the essay to resolve any differences. The computerized grading system pressures GMAT essay graders to follow the E-rater's strict standards. Human graders are aware that there is a computer double-checking their work, and they are more likely to follow the E-rater's strict grading parameters.

How to Tackle the Analytical Writing Assessment

Students tend to under-prepare for the AWA section. This is ironic because it is the one GMAT section where a small amount of preparation can make a large difference on test day. You don't want an embarrassing AWA grade coming up in a business school interview.

To beat the AWA, you must learn how to write in a highly disciplined and concise manner.

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   Be particularly concerned with structure. Clearly divide your essay into the introductory paragraph, two to three content paragraphs and a conclusion. Take time out before you start writing to set up an organizational structure. Our Essay Guide includes sample essay templates for both the Issue and Argument essays.
   
   
   
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   Save it for your blog.The Issue essays are often fraught with political implications, but don't go on a rant about your own opinions. Also, try not to delve too deeply into your own personal life. Be restrained when writing your essay and keep it professional and balanced. When we interviewed GMAT essay graders about their biggest complaint, they asked us to tell you: please
               save it for your blog
   
   
   
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   Use transitional phrases such as "first", "therefore" and "because" to help the computer identify concepts between and within the paragraphs.
   
   
   
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   Be a conformist. The E-rater is not programmed to appreciate individuality, humor, or poetic inspiration; computers aren't known for their sense of humor. It will be comparing the style and structure of your essay to that of other high-scoring essays. Our Essay Guide has 20 sample high score essays to give you a sense of the proper writing style for the AWA.
   
   
   
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   Clearly state your critique in the Analysis of Argument essay. The Analysis of Argument question will show you an essay loaded with logical fallacies, such as the unwarranted assumption or fallacy of equivocation.
   
   
   
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   Know the essays and how to answer them. The 800score Essay Section Guide shows you all of the 275 actual GMAT essay questions and 20 selected sample answers to those essay questions.
   
   
   
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   Practice, Practice, Practice.
               The best preparation is practicing under real conditions within the 30-minute time frame.
           

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Save it for your blog.The Issue essays are often fraught with political implications, but don't go on a rant about your own opinions. Also, try not to delve too deeply into your own personal life. Be restrained when writing your essay and keep it professional and balanced. When we interviewed GMAT essay graders about their biggest complaint, they asked us to tell you: please
        save it for your blog

In fact, some of the issue essays offered by 800score have political implication...