There are a total of 10 lessons in the PowerScore Live Online GRE
Course - 5 lessons devoted to the Math section and 5 lessons for the
Verbal section - for a total of 30 hours of live, interactive,
real-time online instruction . The extensive schedule allows us to
cover not only the fundamentals of the GRE, but also the strategies and
shortcuts for handling those challenging problems that mean the
difference between a good score and a great score.
GRE - Math
Course Intro
Test Content/Format/Scoring
Lesson 1 - Arithmetic
4 Quant Question Types
Analyze Answers/Approximation
Number Properties
Fractions/Decimals
Percents
Ratios
Proportions
Statistics - Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation
Lesson 2 - Algebra
Exponents
Roots
Expressions
Equations
- Backplugging
- Supplying Numbers
Systems of Equations
Inequalities
Absolute Value
Lesson 3 - Geometry
Solution Strategies/Importance of Formulas
Lines and Angles
Triangles
Special Triangles
Quadrilaterals
Polygons
Circles
Solids and Volume
Lesson 4 - Algebra II/Geometry II
Quadratic Equations
Direct/Inverse Variation
Functions - Symbolic and Regular
Compound Functions
Coordinate Geometry
- Length of line
- Slope of line
- Equation of line
- Figures
- Functions
Lesson 5 - Data Interpretation/Word Problems/Final
Review
Data Interpretation
Probability
Counting Problems - Combinations and Permutations
Sequences
Work Rate
Final Review
- Arithmetic
- Fractions, Decimals, Percents
- Ratios and Proportions
- Exponents and Roots
- Algebra
- Expressions and Equations
- Geometry
- Triangles
- General Geometry
- Coordinate Geometry
- Algebra II
GRE -
Verbal
Lesson 1 - Argumentation Part I, First Family Part I, and Sentence Context
3 Reading Question Types
Text Completion/Sentence Equivalence
- Intro to Both Types
- 1,
2, 3 blanks
- "Equivalence"
- Context vs Vocab
- Solution Strategies
- Context/Direction Clues
- Types of Sentences
- Direction/Continuity
- Directions/Contrast
- Sentences Problem Set
Reading Comprehension
- Passage Types
- PowerScore Strategy and
Approach
- Basic Argumentation
- Three Question Families
- First Family - Must be True
- First Family Passage Set
Lesson 2 - Argumentation Part II, First Family Part
II, and Sentence Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension
- Advanced Argumentation
- First Family - Main Point,
Primary Purpose/Function, Method-AP
- Mixed Stimuli Passage Set
Text Completion/Sentence Equivalence- Vocabulary
- Importance of Vocabulary
Revisited
- Answers: Meanings
- Double Definitions
- Homographs/Homophones
- Answers: Traps
- Opposite Answers
- "Kind Of" Answers
- Vocabulary Strategies
- Late-blank Replacement
- All-but-one Questions
- Roots/Affixes
- Word
Sense
- Sentences Problem Set
Lesson 3 - Second and Third Families (Weaken,
Strengthen, Resolve), 160+-level Sentences
Reading Comprehension
- Argumentation Review
- Second and Third Families
- Weaken
- Strengthen
- Resolve
- Second and Third Family Passage Set
Advanced Sentences Part I
- Complex Sentence Deconstruction
- Advanced Sentences I Problem Set
Lesson 4 - Advanced Sentences Part II and Long
Passages
Final Sentences Review
Advanced Sentences Part II
- Advanced Sentences II Problem Set
Reading Comprehension - 90 minutes
- Multi-paragraph Passages
- Multi-paragraph Passage Set
Lesson 5 - Reasoning Review, Argumentative Flaws,
Analyze an Issue and Analyze an Argument Essays
Reasoning Review
- Premise/Conclusion Review
- Common Reasoning Elements
- Affecting Argumentation Review
Analytical Writing - Introduction
- Purpose
- Scoring/Analysis
- Essay Graders
- Computer Controls
Analyze an Argument Essay
- Argument Essay Directions
- Time Management
- Five Argument Task Essay Considerations
- Classic Errors of Reasoning
- Structuring Your Essay
- Argument Discussion Prompts
- Argument Task Sample Responses and Criticisms
Analyze an Issue Essay
- Issue Essay Directions
- Time Management
- Eight Issue Task Essay Considerations
- The Issue Essay Template
- Sample Discussion Prompts
- Issue Task Sample Responses and Criticisms