PartⅠ:Introduction
Lesson1:Theimportanceofgoodwritingskills
Writing:atoolforsuccess
Whystudentsarenotbeingpreparedforcollegewriting
Bewarethepitfallsofacademic-speak
Bewarethesalespeople
Thereal"secret"toacingtheSATessay
Lesson2:TheSATWriting
WhatdoestheSATWritingtestl
What'sontheSATWriting?
Whatistheexperimentalsection?
WhatwillIbeaskedtowriteaboutontheessay?
Howistheessayscored?
HowwillcollegesusetheSATWritingscore?
Isn'tittruethatErnestHemingwaywouldhavefailedtheSATessay?
Don'ttheessaygradersgivescoresbasedprimarilyonlengthandnumberofparagraphs?
WillcollegesseemySATessay?
HowistheoverallWritingscoredetermined?
AresomeSATseasierthanothers?
IfItaketheSAT,willIalsohavetotaketheSATⅡ:Writing?
PartⅡ:TheEssay
Lesson3:Laythegroundwork
1.Knowwhatthereadersarelookingfor
2.Readgoodpersuasiveprose
3.Learntoreadlikeawriter
4.Bespecific
5.PreparewithSourceSummaries
6.Practice
7.Knowtheinstructions
8.Overcomeperfectionism
Lesson4:Analyzethewritingtask
1.Giveyourselftimetothink
2.Readtheassignmentcarefully
3.DefIneyourtermstoshowyourpointofview
4.Stayfocusedonthequestion
Lesson5:Gatheryourideas
1.Brainstormexamplesbeforepickingathesis
2.Keepyourmindopen
3.Choosespecificexamples
4.Chooseinterestingexamples
5.Choosemanageableexamples
Lesson6:Organizeyouressay
1.Craftyourthesis
2.Writeamanageableoutline
3.Connectyourideaslogically
4.Playdevil'sadvocate
Lesson7:Writetheessay
1.Usenaturallanguage
2.Usestrongverbs
3.Writewithpersonalityandintelligence
4.Usepersonalandconcretenouns
5.Minimizejargonandslang
6.Eliminatewordiness
7.Minimizeprepositionalphrases
8.Eliminateredundancy
9.Don'tstatetheobvious
10.Eliminatecliches
11.Connectyourthoughtslogically
12.Varyyoursentencestructureandlengthwisely
13.Eliminatesentencestonowhere
14.Chooseyourwordscarefully
15.Explainbutdon'toverexplain
16.Leaveyourreaderthinking
17.Don'ttelluswhatyou'redoing-justdoit
AnswerKey
Lesson8:Practiceyouressaywritingskills
1.Practiceessays
2.Samplegradedessays
PartⅢ:TheMultiple-choiceQuestions
Lesson9:Improvingsentences
1.HowtoattackImprovingSentencesquestions
2.Becareful
3.Allelsebeingequal,shorterisbetter
4.Checkfordanglers
5.Watchoutforextraproblems
AnswerKey
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PartⅣ:TheFundamentalRulesofGrammarforWritingandEditing
PartⅤ:TheFundamentalRulesofGrammarforWritingandEditing
PartⅥ:ThreePracticeTests
Vocabuiary