GRE Prep Course with Software and Online Course

✍ Scribed by Jeff Kolby

• Publisher: Nova Press
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 611
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Comprehensive, Rigorous Prep for the GRE.

Every year, students pay $900 and more to test prep companies to prepare for the GRE. Now you can get the same preparation in a book. GRE Prep Course provides the equivalent of a 2-month, 50-hour course.

Although the GRE is a difficult test, it is a very learnable test. GRE Prep Course presents a thorough analysis of the GRE and introduces numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the GRE but in graduate school as well.

Features:

Math: Twenty-two chapters provide comprehensive review of GRE math.

Verbal: Develop the ability to spot places from which questions are likely to be drawn as you read a passage (pivotal words, counter-premises, etc.). Also, learn the 4000 essential GRE words.

Writing: Comprehensive analysis of the writing task, including writing techniques, punctuation, grammar, rhetoric, and style.

Also includes a Comprehensive, Free Online Course!

Course Features:

Ask Questions! Our instructors login to StudyDesk to answer your questions. StudyDesk also records the step where you make a mistake or ask a question. This is just one of many powerful educational tools in StudyDesk.

Highly Interactive: You can search the course for any topic, take notes, view solutions, view reports, etc.

Versatile: You can access the course from any computer at any time.

Also includes GRE test prep software!

Software features:

Mentor Mode: In Mentor Mode, you are immediately told whether you answered a problem correctly, and you can immediately view a detailed solution of the problem.

Test Mode: In Test Mode, you can take a GRE test timed and scored by the program.

✦ Table of Contents

Nova's GRE Prep Course......Page 2
ABOUT THIS BOOK......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
ORIENTATION......Page 10
Part One MATH......Page 18
Substitution......Page 24
Defined Functions......Page 33
Math Notes......Page 41
Number Theory......Page 46
Quantitative Comparisons......Page 59
Hard Quantitative Comparisons......Page 94
Geometry......Page 101
Coordinate Geometry......Page 143
Elimination Strategies......Page 155
Equations......Page 185
Averages......Page 197
Ratio & Proportion......Page 202
Exponents & Roots......Page 208
Factoring......Page 216
Algebraic Expressions......Page 224
Percents......Page 233
Graphs......Page 241
Probability & Statistics......Page 279
Miscellaneous Problems......Page 285
Summary of Math Properties......Page 288
Diagnostic/Review Math Test......Page 297
Part Two VERBAL......Page 308
READING COMPREHENSION......Page 312
Introduction......Page 313
The Six Questions......Page 314
Pivotal Words......Page 338
The Three Step Method......Page 348
EXTRA READING......Page 362
Antonyms I......Page 374
Antonyms II (Etymology)......Page 390
Analogies I......Page 415
Analogies II (Classification)......Page 423
Sentence Completions......Page 446
The Ubiquitous 400......Page 459
Vocabulary 4000......Page 463
Part Three ANALYTICAL WRITING......Page 501
Introduction......Page 507
Punctuation......Page 508
Usage......Page 532
General Tips on Writing Your Essays......Page 561
Present Your Perspective on an Issue......Page 570
Analyze an Argument......Page 590