GMAT 作文精解

GMAT 800S***RE 作文精解

　　The Analyt***al Writ***g Assess***nt （AWA） is how bus***ess schools evaluat

　　e your writ***g skills. The AWA section has two 30-m***ute essay questions. On

　　e essay is the “Analysis of Issue，”swheresyou state your op***ion on an issue

　　…… The se***nd is the “Analysis of Argu***nt，”swheresyou analyze the reason***g

　　*** an argu***nt. The two essay types require ***mpletely different strategies.

　　How the E-rater Is Us***

　　Bef***e February 1999， two human graders would grade your essays. If th

　　ey disagre***， it went *** a third grader. Under the ***w system， a human and t

　　he E-rater will grade your essay. If the human and E-rater agree on a s***re，

　　that's the grade your essay will receive. If they disagree， a se***nd human

　　will grade the essay *** resolve any differences.

　　The ***mputeriz*** grad***g system pressures human graders *** follow the E

　　-rater's str***t standards. Human graders are aware that there is a ***mputer

　　double-check***g their w***k， and they are m***e ***kely *** follow the E-rater's

　　str***t grad***g para***ters.

　　How *** tackle the Analyt***al Writ***g Assess***nt

　　Students tend *** under-prepare f*** the AWA section. This is iron*** bec***

　　se it is the o*** section on the GMATswheresa small amount of preparation can

　　make a huge difference on test day. You don't want the issue of your embarr

　　ass***g AWA grade ***m***g up dur***g a bus***ess school ***ter***ew. To beat the A

　　WA， you must learn how *** write *** a highly discip******d and ***ncise man***r.

　　Be part***ularly ***ncer***d with structure. Clearly di***de your essays******sthe

　　***troduc***ry paragraph， two *** three ***ntent paragraphs， and a ***nclusion.

　　Take ti*** out bef***e you start writ***g *** set up an ***ganizational structure

　　…… Our Essay Guide ***cludes sample essay templates f*** the Issue and Argu***nt

　　essays.

　　Use tran***ional phrases such as “first，” “theref***e，” and “bec***se” *** help

　　the ***mputer identify ***ncepts between and with*** the paragraphs. Make sure

　　you spell these tran***ion w***ds ***rrectly so that the ***mputer may identif

　　y them （the E-rater does not h**e a spell-checker bui***-***）。

　　Be a ***nf***mist. The E-rater is not program***d *** appreciate ***di***dua***ty，

　　hum***， *** poet*** ***spiration. The E-rater will be ***mpar***g the style and st

　　ructure of your essay *** that of other high-s***r***g essays. If your essay lo

　　oks ***ke the high-s***r***g essays *** the E-rater's ***m***y banks， you will get

　　a high grade； if not， you will get a low grade. Our Essay Guide has 20 samp

　　le high s***re essays *** help you get a sense of the proper writ***g style f***

　　the AWA.

　　Clearly state your critique *** the Analysis of Argu***nt essay. The Analysis

　　of Argu***nt question will ***w you an essay that is load*** with log***al fall

　　acies， such as the unwarrant*** assumption *** the fallacy of equivocation. Th

　　ese are buzzw***ds that the E-rater detects *** see if you h**e ***rrectly iden

　　tifi*** the argu***nt's log***al flaws. We ***clude all the ***mmon log***al falla

　　cies *** our Essay Guide so that the E-rater can tell that you h**e ***rrectly

　　critiqu*** the essay.

　　Know the essays and how *** answer them. In our Essay Guide， we h**e all of t

　　he 275 real GMAT essay questions and 20 select*** sample answers *** those ess

　　ay questions. This will give you a feel f*** the essay questions and how they

　　***uld be answer***.

　　Write *** effective “USAn” style. Both the human and the E-rater will det

　　ect po*** writ***g style. The E-rater's ***m***y banks h**e essays written *** Am

　　er***an grammar/style， wh***h is s***ghtly dist***ct from the Eng***sh us*** outsi

　　de of the Unit*** States.

　　Pract***e， Pract***e， Pract***e. Try *** do the essays *** the 30-m***ute ti*** fra

　　***. That is half the challenge. Always pract***e under ti***d ***nditions on a

　　***mputer *** take our pract***e essays f*** grad***g.

　　Our Essay Section & E-Rater Guide is desig***d *** prepare you f*** the test. W

　　e've also us*** experience from years of grad***g thousands of pract***e essays

　　through our essay grad***g ser***ce. The guide is bas*** on ***f***mation from e

　　ssay graders and developers of ***mputeriz*** essay grad***g technology. Bas***

　　on our observations， students who use the Essay Guide s***re about two po***ts

　　higher （on a scale from 0 *** 6） than those who do not. Here's what the Essa

　　y Guide ***nta***s：

　　1. AWA Bas***s

　　Analysis of Issue： how *** tackle it .

　　Analysis of Argu***nt： how *** identify log***al fallacies ***mmo***y us*** *** ess

　　ay questions， such as the unwarrant*** assumption *** the fallacy of equivocat

　　ion.

　　How ***ternational students ***uld prepare f*** the essay section.

　　10 Most ***mmon Err***s： over the thousands of essays we h**e grad***， 10 err***

　　s keep recurr***g.

　　2. How the E-Rater W***ks

　　How the E-rater program w***ks.

　　What not *** do： 7 ***mmon err***s writers make with the E-rater.

　　3. Organizational Tips： How *** Structure Your Essays

　　Pace sch***ules f*** each essay type so that you get everyth***g do*** *** ti***.

　　Templates f*** each essay type *** help structure your essays.

　　4. How *** Write Effectively

　　Bas*** rules of grammar that you must know.

　　How *** write effective and ***ncise argu***nts.

　　Writ***g drills & exercises *** test your writ***g skills.

　　5. Answers *** the Real Essay Questions

　　How *** see all of the 275 real AWA questions bef***ehand. You may see every p

　　otential essay question bef***e test day.

　　Read sample answers *** the real essay questions （20 sample essay answers）。 U

　　se these *** get an idea about how you ***uld write your essays.