Mastering the New SAT Essay
Seven Simple Steps
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About the Book
Mastering the New SAT Essay empowers student test-takers with just the skills and information they need to excel. This little gem of a book helps banish test anxiety and writer's block. The book breaks down the New SAT's 25-minute essay into seven simple tasks anyone can do. Each task is manageable and assigned a precise number of minutes. By knowing the test's format and evaluation, test takers focus efficiently on exactly what kind of writing will earn the highest score. Students learn to:
* immediately respond to an essay prompt with an argumentative, comparison and contrast, descriptive, narrative reflection, or cause and effect essay
* quickly generate small, topic-centered word banks to use sophisticated vocabulary
* create a body outline with appropriate supporting sources
* employ the essential elements of an introduction and a conclusion
* effectively use transition expressions
* improve style with sentence variety
* appeal to the exam reader
* proofread for grammar and spelling errors
* manage time wisely
Students write better essays faster! The book's proven strategies and techniques, practical exercises, and insightful critiques of sample essays enable students to write to the test and beyond.
About the Author
Elizabeth Drumwright, Director of Guidance at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has coached students in Verbal SAT Preparation for over ten years. She has taught Composition at Eastern University and at Valley Forge Military College in Pennsylvania. She formerly chaired the English Department at Marianas High School in the Northern Mariana Islands. Ms. Drumwright earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She graduated with her B.A. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges.