Barron's New GRE with CD-ROM, 19th Edition (Barron's GRE)

TheGREGraduateRecordExamischangingsubstantiallystartinginAugust2011,andBarron'sisnowreadywithathoroughlyrevisedtestprepmanualthatreflectsthenewexam'scontent.AlthoughtheGRE'sAnalyticalWritingsectionremainsessentiallyunchanged,newquestiontypesappearinboththeGRE'sVerbalReasoningandQuantitativeReasoningsections,andthemodeltestsinBarron'sbrand-new19theditionreflectthesechanges:*VerbalReasoning--Theverbalsectionnowincludestwonewsentencecompletiontypes:sentenceequivalencequestions,forwhichtesttakersmustidentifytwocorrectanswerstoreceivecredit;andtextcompletionquestions,someinvolvingpassagesofseveralsentencesandrequiringtesttakerstofillinuptothreeblanks.Readingcomprehensionquestionsmaynowhavemorethanonecorrectanswer.Somereadingquestionswillinvolveselectingindividualsentenceswithpassages.*QuantitativeReasoning--Asinthepast,thissectioncontainsstandardmultiple-choicequestions,aswellasquantitativecomparisonquestions.Therearetwonewquestiontypes:multiple-choicequestionsthathavemorethanonecorrectanswerchoice,eachofwhichhastobeselected,andnumericentryquestions,whicharetheonlyquestionsonthetestforwhichnoanswerchoicesareprovided.Barron'snewGREmanualoffersintensivepracticeandreviewforallquestiontypesplusadiagnostictestandtwofull-lengthmodelGREswithanswerkeysandexplanationsforallquestionsanswered.Theauthorsalsopresentatestoverviewandvaluablechaptersontest-takingtactics.ThemanualcomeswithanenclosedCD-ROMofferingmodelteststhatcloselyreflectthecomputer-basedtest-takingconditionsthatstudentsmustbefamiliarwith.TheCD-ROMcontainstwofull-lengthmodeltestsinadditiontothoseinthebook.Thesecomputer-adaptivetestscomewithanswers,explanations,andautomaticscoring.