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Kaplan Writing Power, Third Edition : Score Higher on the SAT, GRE, and Other Standardized Tests

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If you have not enough time to study for the GRE writing test but want to get high scores, then this is the right book for you!! I'm from a non english country but I still manage to get high scores for my GRE test after I study this book. Excellent book!!!

I was lucky to find this book to improve upon my skills for GRE's analytical writing section (introduced as of october 2002). The author describes effective writing techniques by recommending a set of rules & showing instances of each of them in action. The examples provided would be most useful to a reader because it shows what to avoid & how to rewrite sentences more effectively.

This book has been a tremendous help studying for my SATs and ACTs. Pre-College students will love it as a study guide; adults can enjoy it as a review.

I recommend this for any writers who want to improve their skills. It helped me with using the active voice, and avoiding vague words and cliches. I liked the section with different essay forms (personal, persuasive, how-to, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution). It shows an example of each and then a revision so you can see how the rewriting improved it.
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