The SAT essay can produce time management challenges and difficulties for SAT-takers. Many students score poorly on this section; however, using the AEC TP IT 2B RCP strategies will help SAT-takers significantly increase their SAT scores on the SAT essay section. Spend no more than five minutes on the AEC TP planning. You get no points for planning. 1. First, read the one-sentence question that begins the Assignment section. This is the critical writing direction for your essay. Ignore reading the rest of the Assignment section. 2. Next, read the text of the boxed Excerpt above. The excerpt provides some background information on an issue to help you frame your thesis statement. This excerpt appears after the Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below direction. Don't bother to read the citation, unless you want to quote from it later in the essay. 3. Read the Assignment again and Circle the subject of the essay.
4. Write a one-sentence Thesis Statement as a declarative statement at the bottom of the essay directions page. A good thesis statement will mention the subject, will state the key words of the writing prompt, and will directly respond to the writing prompt with a specific point of view. Decide whether the prompt calls for more of an explanatory or argumentative response. Do not write a split (divided) thesis. Do not take an overly-controversial point of view. 5. Quickly Prewrite the two body paragraphs underneath your thesis statement, using key words for the two topic sentences and the two or three major details for each body paragraph. 6. Turn to the Section 1 Essay Box at the beginning of the answer sheets. You will compose your four paragraph essay on these lines. Indent all paragraphs, beginning with the Introduction. Your Introduction should consist of three-sentences. Select argumentative essay tips from the list below as your first two sentences, using connecting transition words.
1. Background-Sentences that briefly explain the setting or help your reader better understand the thesis statement. 2. Question to be Answered-A sentence worded as a question that asks either a question needing no answer (rhetorical question) or a question to make the reader think of a question that will be answered in the essay. 3. Definition- Sentences that explain the meaning of a key word that may be unfamiliar to the reader or help to narrow the focus of the subject. 4. Reference to Something Known in Common-Sentences that refer to a fact or idea already known by most people, including your reader. 5. Quote from an Authority-Sentences that quote an authority in the subject of the essay. It must list the name of the authority. 6. Preview of Topic Sentences-Sentences that list the subjects of each body paragraph topic sentence in the order they appear in the essay. 7. Write the Thesis Statement after the two Introduction Strategy sentences, revising as needed from the Prewrite. Post has been generated with Essay Writers!
This is the last sentence of your three-sentence introduction. 8. Referring to the Prewrite, compose the 2 Body Paragraphs, beginning each with a topic sentence. The topic sentence appears in the first position of a body paragraph 80% of the time. Consider the fact that your readers expect your essay to conform to this standard and place the topic sentence as the first sentence of your body paragraphs as is expected. Don't surprise your reader. Make sure that your topic sentence expresses the main idea of the body paragraph as a declarative statement and is not a subset of any major detail within the paragraph. 9. Your body paragraphs should include two or three major details, each supported by two or three minor details. These detail sentences must include both evidence and your analysis of the evidence. Skip two lines after each body paragraph to allow for later revision. Vary the types of evidence that you present.
The SAT essay can produce time management challenges and difficulties for SAT-takers. Many students score poorly on this section; however, using the AEC TP IT 2B RCP strategies will help SAT-takers significantly increase their SAT scores on the SAT essay section. Spend no more than five minutes on the AEC TP planning. You get no points for planning. 1. First, read the one-sentence question that begins the Assignment section. This is the critical writing direction for your essay. Ignore reading the rest of the Assignment section. 2. Next, read the text of the boxed Excerpt above. The excerpt provides some background information on an issue to help you frame your thesis statement. This excerpt appears after the Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below direction. Don't bother to read the citation, unless you want to quote from it later in the essay. 3. Read the Assignment again and Circle the subject of the essay.