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GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATIONS? Practice General Test #3 Analytical Writing Sample Essays and Commentaries Copyright?? 2012 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. ETS, the E?T?S logo, GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATIONS, and GRE are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service (E?T?S) in the United States and other countries. Graduate Record Examinations? Practice General Test #3. Analytical Writing Sample Essays and Reader Commentaries Information for screen reader users: This document has been created to be accessible to individuals who use screen readers. You may wish to consult the manual or help system for your screen reader to learn how best to take advantage of the features implemented in this document, such as headings and hyperlinks between commentaries and cited portions of the sample essays. Please consult the separate document, G?R?E Screen Reader Instructions.doc, for important details. The Analytical Writing portion of the G?R?E? General Test consists of two writing topics, an Issue topic and an Argument topic. This document contains the writing topics for Practice Test #3, the scoring guides for each section, and sample responses with commentaries for each topic. Note: Sample responses are reproduced exactly as written, including misspellings, wrong choice of words, typographical and grammatical errors, etc., if any. Analyze an Issue Sample Issue Topic Directions You will be given a brief quotation that states or implies an issue of general interest and specific instructions on how to respond to that issue. Plan and compose a response in which you develop a position on the issue according to the specific instructions. A response to any other issue will receive a score of zero. Standard timing for an issue topic is 30 minutes. Make sure that you respond to the specific instructions and support your position on the issue with reasons and examples drawn from such areas as your reading, experience, observatio