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Chapter 3 What Do SAT Graders Look For And Why? How SAT Writing Is Different Sat writing is different than writing for your high school English teacher in several ways.
Sidebar: Does my SAT writing sub score really prove that I can write well in college? In college you generally have two types of writing assignments: those you take home and those you write during exams. Your Sat writing score has very little to do with the first type of writing and a lot to do with the second. In class essay exams have several features in common with SAT writing. Both types of writing are usually rough drafts, spontaneous and graded on length. However, writing for college exams is different in that you are expected to know and use the subject matter of your class in your essays. Writing for a class should be easier than writing for the SAT since you must be prepared to use any knowledge from your Literature and History classes to answer an SAT prompt that you have never seen before. So the SAT may actually be a harder exam than the exams you will take in college. Regardless, college admissions officers who will see your score and your essay are likely to take your scores into account when comparing two candidates who are equal in other ways. How To Impress SAT Graders So then what does it take to impress SAT graders? According to research done by Adam Robinson of Rocket Review Revolution there are five traits that you must include in your essays to maximize your score.
English teachers are used to seeing longer essays from the better students. Use this to your advantage by learning to write quickly in a size handwriting that will allow you to write at least 350 words.
Scholarly examples include anything from the biological, social, or physical sciences to any scholarly subject learned in school (this generally excludes things learned in classes like Health, P.E., or Home Economics). Avoid using examples that someone who didn’t go to high school would know such as examples based on popular or recent movies (even if the movie is based on a classic work of literature), or current events that made recent headline news (news events that are not well known are much better, however). The Key To SAT Success The key here is to give graders the impression that you are a good student, that you remember what you learned in school and know how to use this knowledge in important ways.
The best way to organize your essay is to put only one idea in each paragraph. Doing this helps graders see how many examples you have in your essay and creates a much neater appearance than those essays with large paragraphs containing several ideas and examples each.
You must tell graders exactly what you are going to prove, prove it and then tell them how you proved it in each paragraph. Also, your logic must be extremely clear. Clarity of logic is actually almost as important as length in determining the score of your essays.
You must make sure that it is obvious that your essay is addressing the topic to graders or you risk getting a very low score. This means that your thesis must sound like it is directly addressing your topic. It must answer the question posed in the assignment directly and specifically. If it does not you will get a low score or in some cases no score at all. Now that you know what to put into your essays, here are the things you must avoid... STOP! Now that you know what to include in your SAT Essays, you'll want to read How to Write Fast and Effectively for the New SAT so you can learn everything you need to raise your score. How to Write Fast includes valuable techniques that any student who wants to get into a prestigious college can use. And when you take advantage of this risk-free offer you'll also get the following three free bonuses:
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