GRE 2022 For Dummies with Online Practice

GRE 2022 For Dummies with Online Practice
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With this complete test prep package, you’re going to do GREat!  GRE 2022 For Dummies  is your one-stop review for conquering the number one graduate school admissions test. You’ve studied hard in college, and you already have what it takes to succeed on the GRE. This book will help you brush up your knowledge and become a test-taking machine. You’ll learn what to expect from the verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing sections of the test, and get powerful exam tips and tricks so you can beat the time crunch. This trusted For Dummies test prep guide also includes online practice tests and detailed answer explanations.  Work through sample questions and full-length practice tests—updated for the most current GRE tests! Learn techniques that will help you work through questions quickly Demystify what the graders want on your writing sample and discover how to earn your best scores on all sections Avoid common test-day pitfalls and get through the GRE stress-free! Envision the doors to the grad school of your choice—open, just for you. With  GRE 2022 For Dummies , you’ve got it under control!

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Ron Woldoff. GRE 2022 For Dummies with Online Practice

GRE® 2022 For Dummies® To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com and search for “GRE 2022 For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents

List of Tables

Guide

Pages

Introduction

About This Book

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Getting Started with the GRE

Knowing What to Expect with the GRE

Signing Up for the GRE

Breaking Down the GRE into Bite-Sized Pieces

Scoring Max: 340 Then 6

Understanding how the scoring breaks down

Calculating your score

Confirming that your score is actually good

Throwing a mental dart

Seeing or canceling your scores

Taking advantage of the ScoreSelect option

Catching Your Mental Breath: The GRE Intermissions

THE IMPORTANCE OF TEST PREP

Owning the GRE: Strategies for Success

Making the Best Use of Your Time

Budgeting your time for studying

Budgeting your time for practice

Taking control: Time management tips

Plan B: Repeating the Test

It Isn’t You: Testing Under Adverse Conditions

Using Old Scores

Gearing Up for Exam Day

Gathering Your Stuff the Night Before

Knowing What Not to Bring

Taking the Test at Home

HANDLING UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES

Training Physically and Mentally for Test Day

Staying active

Eating well

Relaxing

Mastering the Computer Part

Bringing the GRE into Your Comfort Zone

Getting familiar with what’s on the exam

Understanding the other admissions requirements

Tackling the Verbal Section One Word at a Time

What Are They Saying: Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence

Clinching Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence Questions

Keeping it straight

Trying it out

Developing Your Skills for Finding the Correct Answers

Interpreting the Text 101

Getting the gist of the text

Taking the Best and Only Approach

Interpret the text without looking at the answer choices

Complete the text with your own words

Eliminate wrong answer choices

Interpreting Trickier Sentences

Use transition words to get the gist of the phrases

Start with the second or third missing word

Getting Your Hands Dirty with Some Practice

Text Completion questions

Sentence Equivalence questions

Getting the Gist: Reading Comprehension

Recognizing the Three Reading Comprehension Question Formats

Multiple-choice questions: Choose one answer

Multiple-choice questions: Choose one or more answers

Sentence-selection questions: Choose a sentence from the passage

Developing Strategies for Success

Using the context as your road map

Grasping the gist of the passage

Avoiding common traps

Answering the question yourself

Acing the Three Commonly Tested Reading Comprehension Passages

The biological and physical science passage

The social sciences passage

The humanities passage

The social sciences passage redux

Critical Thinking: Argument Analysis Questions

Covering the Answer Choices

Reading the Question for What It’s Asking

Reading the Passage for What the Question Is Asking

Identifying the “because” and the “therefore”

Finding the unstated assumption

First because and therefore in this argument

Second because and therefore in this argument

Exploring common logical fallacies

Erroneous cause-and-effect

Sweeping generalization

Misplaced motive

Answering the Question in Your Own Words

Eliminating Each Wrong Answer

Applying the process of elimination

Beware of “some”

Stay in scope

Don’t go with an answer just because it’s true

Don’t be tempted by opposites

Testing your skills

Expanding Your Vocabulary to Boost Your Score

Brushing Up on Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

Prefixes

EPONYMOUS WORDS

Suffixes

Roots

Memorizing the GRE’s Most Common Vocabulary Words

FINDING GRE VOCAB WORDS IN LITERATURE

Math You Thought You’d Never Need Again

An Overview of GRE Math

Managing Your Time

Typing an Answer

Selecting two or more answers

Select from three answers

Select from more than three answers

Selecting the One That’s Greater

Simplifying Numbers and Operations

Simplifying Integers, Factors, and Multiples

Simplifying Math Terms

Simplifying Prime and Composite Numbers

Simplifying Absolute Value

Simplifying the Order of Operations

Simplifying Fractions

Adding and subtracting

Multiplying

Dividing

Mixed numbers

Cross multiplying

Variations on cross multiplying

Simplifying Decimals

Adding and subtracting

Multiplying

Dividing

Simplifying Percents

Converting

Percent of change

Simplifying Factorials

Simplifying Ratios

Total numbers of items

Amounts in the ratio

Maintaining the ratio

Combining ratios

Solving Algebra and Functions

Solving Bases and Exponents

Solving Math Operators and Functions

Math operators

Functions

Solving for X

Solving for x with a number

The FOIL method

Factoring back out

Solving Square Roots and Radicals

Simplifying

Estimating

Adding and subtracting

Multiplying and dividing

Working radicals last

Solving Coordinate Geometry

Common questions

Distance between two points

Slope of a line

Midpoint formula

Linear equations

Two linear equations

Addition method

Substitution method

Graphed circles

Solving Patterns in Sequential Terms

Solving f(x) functions

Drawing Geometry

Drawing Lines and Angles

Lines

Angles

Right angle

Acute angle

Obtuse angle

Complementary angles

Supplementary angles

Vertical angles

Bisectors

Other key points

Drawing Polygons

Total interior angle measure

Finding one interior angle

Drawing Triangles

Three types of triangle

Equilateral triangle

Isosceles triangle

Right triangle

Key characteristics

Perimeter and area

Drawing the perimeter

Shading the area

The Pythagorean theorem

Identifying common right triangles

3:4:5

5:12:13

Drawing Quadrilaterals

Drawing Circles

Parts of a circle

Circumference and arc

Drawing the circumference

Shading the area

Drawing the arc

Shading the sector

Drawing areas that overlap

Drawing 3-D Shapes

Drawing a cylinder

Drawing a rectangular solid

Drawing a cube

Drawing the volume

Shading the surface area

Simplifying Word Problems

Simplifying the Steps

Simplifying Time and Distance

Simplifying Units of Measurement

Simplifying Averages

Simplifying missing-term averages

Simplifying evenly spaced integers

Simplifying weighted averages

Simplifying Work Problems

Simplifying Team-Work Problems

Simplifying Mixture Problems

Simplifying Sets and Groups

Simplifying the Venn diagram

Simplifying the sets formula

Simplifying Probability

Step #1: Set up the fraction

Step #2: Multiply consecutive probabilities

Step #3: Add either/or probabilities on a single event

Simplifying probability in sets and groups

Simplifying Counting Methods

Basic counting methods

When order matters: Permutations

When order doesn’t matter: Combinations

Interpreting Data and Graphs

Interpreting Basic Stats

Interpreting the median

Interpreting the mode

Interpreting the range

Interpreting the mean

Interpreting standard deviation

Eyeballing standard deviation

Interpreting mean deviation

Interpreting Tables and Graphs

Interpreting Tables

Interpreting Graphs

Different types of graphs

The line graph

The bar graph

The Gantt chart

The pie chart

The logarithmic graph

The scatter plot

Interpreting two graphs

Estimating graph totals quickly

Comparing Quantities

Comparing Static Answer Choices

Comparing Steps

Comparing with Strategies

Comparing equal appearances

Comparing drawings

Comparing concepts

Comparing identical terms

Sorting identical terms

Making identical terms

Comparing ranges

Comparing estimates

Comparing with Four Square

Comparing with a hundred

Comparing multiple unknowns

Getting the Essays Right

Writing the Essays Well and Fast

Setting Your Sights on the Target: Scoring a Perfect 6

What the essay scores really mean

Key methods to scoring well

Writing the Issue Essay

Step 1: Read and understand the prompt

Step 2: Start with your supporting info

Step 3: Take a position that’s in line with your examples

Step 4: Write your Issue essay

First paragraph: Introduction

Second paragraph: Your best supporting detail

Third and fourth paragraphs: More supporting detail

Final paragraph: The conclusion

Tying everything together with smooth transitions

Writing the Argument Essay

Step 1: Read and understand the prompt

Step 2: Identify the position stated in the argument

Step 3: List the reasons given to support the stated position

Step 4: Identify the flawed assumptions behind each reason

Step 5: Write your essay

Introductory paragraph

Paragraphs two, three, and possibly four

Concluding paragraph

Practicing and Reviewing Sample Essays

Setting the Stage for a Realistic Experience

Writing an Issue Essay: Some Samples

Having trouble getting started? Identifying relevant laws: Some examples

Sample essay — score 6 (outstanding)

Evaluator comments on the score 6 essay

Sample essay — score 4 (adequate)

Evaluator comments on the score 4 essay

Writing an Argument Essay: Some Samples

Having trouble getting started? Start with finding the faulty assumptions

Sample essay — score 6 (outstanding)

Evaluator comments on the score 6 essay

Sample essay — score 4 (adequate)

Evaluator comments on the score 4 essay

Full-Length Practice Exams: Show Time

Practice Exam 1

Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 1

Analytical Writing 1: Analyze an Issue

Analytical Writing 2: Analyze an Argument

Section 1. Verbal Reasoning

Section 2. Quantitative Reasoning

Section 3. Verbal Reasoning

Section 4. Quantitative Reasoning

Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations

Analytical Writing Sections

Section 1: Verbal Reasoning

Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning

Section 3: Verbal Reasoning

Section 4: Quantitative Reasoning

Answer Key for Practice Exam 1

Practice Exam 2

Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 2

Analytical Writing 1: Analyze an Issue

Analytical Writing 2: Analyze an Argument

Section 1. Verbal Reasoning

Section 2

Section 3. Verbal Reasoning

Section 4. Quantitative Reasoning

Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations

Analytical Writing Sections

Section 1: Verbal Reasoning

Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning

Section 3: Verbal Reasoning

Section 4: Quantitative Reasoning

Answer Key for Practice Exam 2

Practice Exam 3

Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 3

Analytical Writing 1: Analyze an Issue

Analytical Writing 2: Analyze an Argument

Section 1. Verbal Reasoning

Section 2. Quantitative Reasoning

Section 3. Verbal Reasoning

Section 4. Quantitative Reasoning

Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations

Analytical Writing Sections

Section 1: Verbal Reasoning

Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning

Section 3: Verbal Reasoning

Section 4: Quantitative Reasoning

Answer Key for Practice Exam 3

The Part of Tens

Ten Key Facts about the GRE

You May Return to Previous Questions in the Same Section

The GRE Doesn’t Penalize for Guessing

The GRE Uses a Percentile-Based Scoring System

Practice Makes All the Difference

You Must Study for the GRE

The GRE Is Different from the SAT and ACT

The GRE Measures Your Stamina and Performance under Pressure

The General GRE Is Not Program-Specific

You Can Practice the GRE on Your Own Computer

You Can’t Bring Anything into the Testing Center

Ten Mistakes You Won’t Make (While Others Will)

You Won’t Cheat

You Won’t Run Out of Steam

You Won’t Neglect Your Breaks

You Won’t Dwell on Questions From the Previous Sections

You Won’t Worry About the Time Limit

You Won’t Rush Through the Questions

You Definitely Won’t Choke on the Essays

You Won’t Fret Over the Hard Questions

You Won’t Take the Exam with a Friend

You Won’t Change Your Morning Routine

Ten Ways to Build Your Skills with the Online Exams

Take an Exam in One Sitting to Build Stamina

Recognize the Mistakes You Make Under Pressure

Get Used to Others in the Room

Make It a Dress Rehearsal

Get a Competitive Edge

Practice Your Test-Taking Strategies

Know the Exam Software

Get Used to Starting with the Essays

Find Your Areas of Focus

Review the Answers and Explanations

Index. Symbols and Numerics

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

About the Author

Dedication

Author's Acknowledgments

WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

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