GRE Prep: How to Write & Structure the GRE Issue Essay | Kaplan Test Prep

Alright, so how should you

structure

your GRE topic

essay

well? I want to make sure you don't have any problems with the thematic

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. If you had the opportunity to see my video on the argument essay, you know that I have a special photo. for showing my students how to crush these essays because not only have I been teaching them for over 5 years with Kaplan, but I'm also a professional

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r and editor, so let's dive into it, let's make sure you guys know, what do I need? what to do on this essay to get the score I'm looking for to get that other nice 6 on my score report, it's going to look great for the schools I'm applying to, remember guys, you want to leave what the essay graders are searching Directs how you construct your essay, so what do they want to see first?

Can you answer the specific instructions for question number two? Can you demonstrate that you understand the complexities of topic number three? Can you organize the essay introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion? Can you use relevant evidence and examples to support the claims you make, and can you ultimately avoid a total grammatical calamity, an epic grammatical meltdown? We want to make sure we are using standard written English. The last one is self-explanatory here, guys, but the other points are things that we really want to talk about how they determine the construction of our individual paragraphs, so we really want to use our introductory paragraph to show you that we understand what the task. es and then we understand the intricacies of the argument, so we're actually going to start and maybe in a slightly unconventional way because we know what topic is going to have basically two positions.

You can decide to agree with the topic or disagree. with this, this is where you provide this is the essay where you provide your own correct position, so the way you're going to start, guys, is you're actually going to summarize the opposite side, the opposite position, you're going to say, Hello some. Some people believe this based on this evidence and now icig

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ers are saying, "Okay, so you get that side, but they'll quickly turn it around and say, however, provide some evidence to support that they're going to take the opposite." position and make sure that your thesis statement states very clearly that you are taking the other position and they shouldn't, depending on which other side you state is okay, then in your introductory paragraph you have shown them You know what the task is, they showed you, you understand both sides of the

issue

and then guys, you just want to use the body paragraphs to support your position, so don't forget that.

Look, I'd like to use those three F's as ours.

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for our transitions for our body paragraphs, you need to do that first and then finally to help you really get started with each paragraph, so in the first paragraph that you want to use, say first and give the strongest reasoning, the strongest statement as to why they should take your correct position why they should do what you suggest and then of course in the rest of the paragraph you want to use keywords like for example give them the keywords like I said before the keywords are catnip for SA Qualifiers, if you discard them, they will love you for life, okay, so give them the key words and each body paragraph supports your position with relevant evidence and examples.

Finally guys, in your conclusion, what do you want to do? people aren't sure what to do with your conclusion, how to use it effectively, one of the best things you can do in your essays, guys, is establish a spirit, which is a fancy word for say, show the graders of essays that are not a total. idiot and that again you know what you're supposed to do here with this task, so the move you want to make at the beginning of your conclusion to achieve that is to say hey, well, you don't know, it's a terrible idea to do the opposite. thing or why there are potential reasons to take the opposite stance here that you're not taking, you want to quickly turn it around and say that those positives don't override the negatives and that's why you're taking your correct stance, that's why you're going with your position. as you take that side of the

issue

, okay, so again you're finishing the way you started, showing them that you know what the task is, showing them that you understand both sides of the issue and you're choosing your side because that's the best, the best stance. , the best way to do it.

Alright guys, good luck with your essays. See you in more videos.