The GRE consists of analytical writing, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning sections. The verbal reasoning section includes text completion, sentence equivalent, and reading comprehension questions. The quantitative reasoning section includes quantitative comparison, numerical input, and multiple-choice questions. The analytical writing section includes two essay prompts: analyzing an issue and analyzing an argument.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) consists of sections that test a person’s analytical writing, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning. The Analytical Writing section consists of two separately scheduled writing tasks and must be completed in an essay format. Following the changes that would be implemented in August 2011, the verbal reasoning section should contain questions about text completion, sentence equivalent, and reading comprehension. The Quantitative Reasoning section, which was also due to change in August 2011, was to contain quantitative comparison, numerical input, and multiple-choice questions.
The verbal reasoning section of the test assesses an individual’s ability to analyze and evaluate written materials. GRE Fill-in-the-Text questions require the examinee to choose the best words or phrases to complete omitted sections of a short passage. Each passage may contain several omissions.
Sentence-equivalent questions require the examiner to choose which words from a list can best be substituted for a blank in a sentence. Each sentence will contain only one blank space. Reading comprehension questions require the examinee to choose the best possible answer in response to a question about a short passage. Each passage presented will be followed by several questions.
The GRE questions in the quantitative reasoning section assess an individual’s basic math skills and ability to reason quantitatively. Quantitative Comparison GRE questions present the examinee with two quantities or formulas and require the examinee to choose which is greater, whether both are equal, or whether a determination cannot be made based on the information provided. Quantitative multiple-choice questions present the examinee with a question or formula and require the respondent to choose the best answers from a list. Some multiple choice questions require only one answer and some require multiple answers.
Numerical Input GRE questions require the examinee to enter an answer to a mathematical equation as a whole number, decimal, or fraction. Graphs or tables can be presented along with multiple choice questions and numerical input. These can provide background information.
The GRE Analytical Writing section is made up of two writing assignments. Each task presents the examinee with a single prompt, which must be answered in essay format. One of the prompts will be an “analyze an issue” task, which presents a claim and requires the examinee to discuss the extent to which they agree or disagree. The other writing task will be an “analyzing an argument” task, which presents a brief argument and requires the examinee to discuss how logically correct that argument is through critical analysis of the reasoning and evidence employed.
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