Greetings from the Author........................................................................ ..............iii SAT Writing Overview................................................................................................v
SECTION ONE: THE WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST
1 Overview ...................................................................................................................3 Answering the Questions ............................................................................................... 4 Sample Questions ........................................................................................................5 Questions on Organization ............................................................................................ 6 Questions on Style and Expression ..............................................................................24 Questions on Sentences .............................................................................................. 33 Questions on Standard English Usage .........................................................................66 Answer Key to Mini-Workouts ...................................................................................... 92
2 Writing and Language Practice Tests ........................................................103 Practice Writing and Language Test A ........................................................................107 Answer Key ................................................................................................................117 Answer Explanations ..................................................................................................117 Practice Writing and Language Test B .......................................................................135 Answer Key ................................................................................................................145 Answer Explanations ..................................................................................................145 Practice Writing and Language Test C ......................................................................163 Answer Key ................................................................................................................174 Answer Explanations ................................................................................................. 174
SECTION TWO: THE SAT ESSAY 3 Getting Acquainted with the SAT Essay .....................................................193 Overview of the “Optional” Essay ..............................................................................193 What to Expect on Test Day ......................................................................................193 The Essay Topic: What You’ll Write About ................................................................194 The Essay “Prompt” ...................................................................................................196 How the Essay Is Scored ..........................................................................................197 Use of Your Essay Score ..........................................................................................199
4 Getting Prepped to Write ................................................................................201 Reading the Source .................................................................................................. 201 Finding the Evidence .................................................................................................204 Screening the Evidence ............................................................................................ 222 Annotating: The Gold Standard of Source Analysis ................................................. 228 Practice in Annotation ................................................................................................233 Answer Key to Mini-Workouts ................................................................................... 247
5 How to Write an Analytical Essay in 3, 000 Seconds ..............................257 Tactics for Writing a 4/4/4 Essay ...............................................................................258 Planning Your Essay .................................................................................................261 SAT Essays: What to Say and How to Say It ........................................................... 279 Answer Key to Mini-Workouts ...................................................................................299
6 You Be the Ump: Essays for Evaluation ....................................................305 SAT Essay Readers: What They Do and How They Do It ....................................... 305 Essay Scoring Guide .................................................................................................306 Essays for Evaluation ................................................................................................307
7 Practice, Practice, Practice .............................................................................341 Practice Essay #1 .......................................................................................................342 Practice Essay #2 .......................................................................................................348 Practice Essay #3 ....................................................................................................... 354 Practice Essay #4 ........................................................................................................360 Practice Essay #5 ........................................................................................................366
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