GRE Analytical Writing, scored against the rubric

Upload your 'Analyze an Issue' essay with the GRE scoring guide. Mark scores it on the criteria graders use — the clarity and support of your position, the logic of your reasoning, and your control of language — and quotes the lines lifting or capping your score on the 0–6 scale.

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GRE Analytical Writing is scored 0–6 on a published rubric — exactly the criterion-referenced marking Mark was built for.

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How it works

Add your rubric

Upload or paste the criteria your work will actually be marked against — e.g. the GRE 'Analyze an Issue' scoring guide.

Upload your draft

Drop in the PDF (or paste the text). Mark reads it against every criterion and scores it, quoting the exact lines that earned the marks.

Improve and re-mark

Fix what he flagged, run it again, and watch the mark move. That loop is how essays climb to the top grades.

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See it before your marker does

Mark your draft, fix what he flags, watch the mark climb.

Mark scores your draft against your rubric and quotes the exact line behind every mark. You fix the two things holding it back, run it again — and the number moves. That loop is the whole game.

Marked against your rubric. Your criteria, not a generic template.
Evidence for every score. The exact line that earned it — or cost you the mark.
Revise and re-mark. Improve the draft, run it again, and see the mark climb.

Draft 2 · +3 marks

Fix these two lines and this is a 5.

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Your essay

“How did railways change everyday life in Victorian Britain?”

Your rubric · 4 criteria

Mark is reading your draft…

842 words

The line Mark quoted

“The railways did not simply move people faster — they reshaped the ordinary rhythm of the day, standardising the clocks between towns and turning a distant city into somewhere you could visit and be home from before dark. Bradshaw's timetable soon sat in every household.”

Analysis & argument

Builds a reasoned, evidenced case

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NOW SITTING AT 4 / 5here's the top band

You name the cause — now push it. Add one sentence on the consequence you hint at, and this criterion tips into the top band.

Draft 1

14 / 20

Draft 2

17 / 20

Built for the Issue task

The GRE Analytical Writing measure asks you to analyse an issue and develop a reasoned position in 30 minutes, scored 0–6 in half-point bands. Graders look for a clear, well-supported stance, logically connected reasoning, relevant examples, and fluent, accurate writing. Mark scores your essay against exactly those and quotes the sentences that earned — or cost — you the band.

Where a 4 becomes a 5

Most essays that stall at a 4 have the ideas but lose points on development or logic — an example that isn't tied back to the claim, or reasoning that jumps a step. Tying every point to the rubric shows you the specific move that lifts the band, before you sit the real thing.

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