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Increase your SAT Essay score in only minutes a day with proven strategies that have already helped thousands of students. Many of the powerful techniques in this book are inspired by the research done at MIT on what high-scoring essays have in common. When you follow this model, you're SAT Essay scores will rise.
Peterson's Master the SAT: The Writing Process and the SAT Essay offers great tips and expert information to help you score high on the essay portion of the SAT. First you'll learn about the essay prompt-the question you'll need to answer in a persuasive essay-and how to pace yourself so you finish writing in time. Next, you'll learn about prewriting-important steps to take before you even begin your essay. Then, benefit from the expert tips on writing the introduction, developing your ideas, and writing the conclusion. The scoring rubric will help you understand what the SAT essay readers will be looking for when they read your essay, and sample essay questions and essays can greatly assist your practice-so you can score high on test day. In addition, the feature "Top 10 Strategies to Raise Your Score" offers expert tips to help you score high on rest of this important test.
a) Overview of the new SAT test and its scoring patternb) Comprehensive guide for the new SAT Essay sectionc) Effective strategies for mastering the SAT essayd) Pre-writing guidelines and sample essay for sixteen sample prompts
New! I now have a 4 part video series available on YouTube that can be used as a companion to this book. When you're on YouTube, just search "Test Prep Spot Elizabeth" to find the videos. My name is Elizabeth and I'm the creator of The Test Prep Spot. I'm also a private tutor for high achieving students preparing for the SAT. Additionally and most importantly, I'm a special education teacher in a public school working with students who have learning and language challenges. The more I tutored, the more concerned I became about my special education students. They would need more supportive materials in order to understand what's covered on the SAT. They would also need simplified, explicit instruction in content and strategy. So, I made my own study guides and The New SAT Essay Writing Guide is my answer to this problem. Inside the guide, you will find step-by-step instructions that take you from start to finish. This book provides a formula (or template or plan) for writing the New SAT Essay. I begin by analyzing the prompt and tell you exactly the kind of essay you're expected to write. Then, I teach you about the most common persuasive devices used on published sample and practice essay questions. Next, I break down a passage and identify each persuasive device that's used by the author. Then, I examine three effective example essays (based on just one passage) to show you how to use the formula. The example essays are even color-coded to help with understanding the formula. Finally, the guide ends with a reproducible template, which is extremely helpful for organizing thoughts and learning this writing process. Who should use this guide? I truly believe it can help everyone, but it can be especially beneficial for students who need explicit, step-by-step instructions and formulas to be successful writers. Visit me at www.testprepspot.com
Written by a seasoned SAT tutor and Ivy League graduate, this manual offers a detailed set of tips and tricks for the new SAT Essay section. First introduced for the 2016 exam, the new essay format features much more rigidity and standardization than the previous essay, where students had much more freedom. Because the new format is a so restricting, it is much easier to hack and achieve a high score consistently, provided the student knows what he or she is doing. The flip side is that it is much easier to receive a terrible score if the student does not.This guidebook offers an easily repeatable formula for producing essays that graders will have no choice but to score highly, even for weaker writers. While other prep materials often retail for outrageous sums and generally ignore the essay section, this guide lays out the most crucial tips for maximizing your score with minimal investment of both time and money. Included in the guide book:- detailed information on the correct approach to preparing for and executing the essay- a template that is both easy to understand and reproduce, and will apply to ANY essay passage the exam throws at you- a breakdown of how you are scored and what the graders will be thinking about- a useful appendix containing "money" words you can use every time- sample essays written by me, a longtime SAT tutor, you won't find anywhere else
• Overview of the SAT test and its scoring pattern • Comprehensive guide for the SAT Essay section • Effective strategies for mastering the SAT essay • Pre-writing guidelines and sample essay for sixteen sample prompts SAT Essay Writing Guide with Sample Prompts is your guide to a perfect SAT essay score. The proven way to get that perfect score on the SAT essay is through lots and lots of practice; this book offers exactly that! It has sixteen sample prompts in line with the SAT guidelines, followed by passages from high-quality published source, pre-writing guidance, plenty of strategies and a sample essay response. Besides the sample prompts, the book provides information about the revised SAT test and its scoring process. It also includes detailed guidance on the new SAT essay section: why the essay should be taken, format of the essay tasks, how to develop a top-scoring essay, scoring mechanism and effective strategies for mastering the SAT essay. All this makes SAT Essay Writing Guide with Sample Prompts a comprehensive essay writing guide and a must-have resource for those aspiring to crack the SAT essay. Includes • Complete information about the SAT essay section • Sixteen sample prompts with pre-writing guidance and sample essay responses • Passages adapted from high-quality published material • Strategies and Tips for high scores About Test Prep Series The focus of the Test Prep Series is to make test preparation streamlined and fruitful for competitive exam aspirants. Students preparing for the entrance exams now have access to the most comprehensive series of prep guides for GRE, GMAT and SAT preparation. All the books in this series are thoroughly researched, frequently updated and packed with relevant content. These have been prepared by authors with more than 10 years experience in the field. The simple and well organized format of the books in this series makes studying more efficient and effective.
Get the edge you need on the Writing section of the new SAT The SAT is coming up, and you need extra help to tackle the tough Writing section--including the dreaded SAT essay. Revised and updated, McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Writing, Second Edition, is packed with intensive practice for the new multiple-choice writing questions, plus teacher-recommended strategies for writing a high-scoring essay. You also get sample scored SAT essays with readers' comments! Specially created by a nationally known test-prep expert, this first-rate guide has everything you need to get ready for this difficult part of the SAT, and to help you achieve your best Writing score ever. McGraw-Hill's Conquering SAT Writing includes: 3 full-length practice SAT Writing Tests with complete explanations A classroom-tested, step-by-step program for writing an outstanding SAT essay Sample scored SAT essays with readers' comments Strategies for answering the tough new multiple-choice writing questions Complete review of all the grammar rules you need to know for the test Topics include: Introduction; The Essay; The Multiple-Choice Questions; The Fundamental Rules of Grammar for Writing and Editing; Three Practice Tests.
Love it or hate it, the five-paragraph essay is perhaps the most frequently taught form of writing in classrooms of yesterday and today. But have you ever actually seen five-paragraph essays outside of school walls? Have you ever found it in business writing, journalism, nonfiction, or any other genres that exist in the real world? Kimberly Hill Campbell and Kristi Latimer reviewed the research on the effectiveness of the form as a teaching tool and discovered that the research does not support the five-paragraph formula. In fact, research shows that the formula restricts creativity, emphasizes structure rather than content, does not improve standardized test scores, inadequately prepares students for college writing, and results in vapid writing. In Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay, Kimberly and Kristi show you how to reclaim the literary essay and create a program that encourages thoughtful writing in response to literature. They provide numerous strategies that stimulate student thinking, value unique insight, and encourage lively, personal writing, including the following: Close reading (which is the basis for writing about literature) Low-stakes writing options that support students' thinking as they read Collaboration in support of discussion, debate, and organizational structures that support writing as exploration A focus on students' writing process as foundational to content development and structure The use of model texts to write in the form of the literature students are reading and analyzingThe goal of reading and writing about literature is to push and challenge our students' thinking. We want students to know that their writing can convey something important: a unique view to share, defend, prove, delight, discover, and inspire. If we want our students to be more engaged, skilled writers, we need to move beyond the five-paragraph essay.
"Write the SAT Essay Right! is not your average-ho-hum-SAT-prep book, full of fluff and boring, useless stuff. Instead, Write the SAT Essay Right! gives college-bound students the down-low skinny on the ten best-kept secrets to raise SAT scores. In an easy step-by-step way, students learn proven secrets, then practice their newfound skills. Sample tests to study and evaluate, key strategies, and lots of score-raising tips make this a must-have resource for conquering the SAT essay. The school/library edition* of Write the SAT Essay Right! contains no write-in-the-book worksheets, making it a perfect choice for acquisition by libraries and for high-school SAT preparation classes."
