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Chapter I SAT Essay Overview 1
What you need to know before you write 1
Who are the readers? 3
How are the essays graded? 4
What are the scoring criteria? 4
Chapter II 7 Tips to Know for Maximizing Your Score 9
Tip one: Attitude decides everything
-be positive over negative 9
Tip two: Cultivate good reading habits
-take notes while reading 11
Tip three: Examples, examples and examples
-make a summary of example resource 14
Tip four: Write long
-one and a half pages at least 16
Tip five: Use big words
-don't go overwhelmed 17
Tip six: be direct
-avoid wordiness 19
Tip seven: Entertain your reader
-add fun to your essay 22
Chapter III 8 Steps for Writing a Good Essay 23
Step one: Decide your position
-read the prompt carefully 24
Step two: Find examples
-two examples are fine, too 49
Step three: Write introductory paragraph
-state your position 50
Step four: Begin the body
-use examples to support your position 51
Step five: Write the conclusion
-you must close 52
Step six: Show variety in sentence structure 52
Step seven: Diversity in word choice 54
Step eight: Check and polish
-revise for grammatical and writing faults 55
Chapter IV Writing Essays Practice 57
How to use the practice essays 57
Practice Essay 1 58
Practice Essay 2 65
Practice Essay 3 69
Practice Essay 4 79
Practice Essay 5 86
Practice Essay 6 93
Practice Essay 7 100
Chapter V 9 SAT Essay Topics and Essay Sample Explanation 109
Section I: Modern Society Issues 109
Section II: Technology "Advancement" 125
Section III: Media and information 134
Section IV: Individuality and group 138
Section V: Honesty 145
Section VI: Education and knowledge 154
Section VII: Success and adversity 159
Section VIII: Making decisions 171
Section IX: Others 176
Chapter VI Example Sources for SAT 181
Section I: Law of life 182
Section II: Historical documents and speeches 184
Section III: Philosophers and thinkers 195
Section IV: Artists 202
Section V: Authors 208
Section VI: Humanitarians 213
Section VII: Scientists and inventors 214
Section VIII: Leaders 219
Section IX: Businessmen 223
Chapter VII Quotes and Proverbs 225
Education 225
Life 226
Virtue 227
Adversity and failure 228
Aim and success 229
Knowledge 231
Teamwork 232
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