Prep Expert New SAT Essay

269 Pages·2016·0.68 MB·English

by  Shaan Patel

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What Is The Format?
2. How Is It Different?
3. How Is It Scored?
4. Is It Harder?
5. Should I Take The Sat Essay?
EXPERT STRATEGIES
1. Skip The Directions
2. Exploit Vocab
3. Fill 3–4 Pages

4. Create a Plan
5. Write 5 Paragraphs
6. Thesis First
7. POP Last
8. Repeat Thesis
9. Stay Active
10. Link & Connect
11. Stay Objective
12. Find PKP
13. First Pass – PS
14. Second Pass – CREW SAID
15. QIS Analysis
16. Introduction Template
17. Body Paragraph 1 Template
18. Body Paragraph 2 Template

19. Body Paragraph 3 Template
20. Conclusion Template
PRACTICE SAT ESSAY

SAT ESSAY INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Welcome to the SAT Essay portion
of the Prep Expert Course! The New
SAT Essay on the 1600-version of
the SAT is different than the old
SAT Essay on the 2400-version of
the SAT. Here are a few of the
major changes:

Optional The essay is now

optional. However, I expect

every Prep Expert student to

take the essay portion of the

new 1600-version of the SAT. I

will explain why later.

Analytical The previous

version of the SAT Essay

required students to write a

persuasive essay. You had to

convince the reader that your

position on a particular topic

was the correct one. The new

version of the SAT Essay

requires that students write an

analytical essay. You now need

to analyze how the author of a

passage develops an effective

argument.

50 Minutes You now have

much more time to write the

SAT Essay. On the previous

version of the SAT Essay,

students were limited to 25

minutes to write a full two-

page essay. You now have

double that time, but must

also read and analyze a

passage, which you didn’t

previously have to do. But the

good news is that we will teach

you how to analyze the

passage methodically so that

you have plenty of time to

write a compelling essay.

Despite these changes, there are
still lots of effective strategies to
tackle the SAT Essay. Previously, at
2400 Expert, students loved our
strategies for the prior version of
the SAT Essay that allowed them to
get perfect, or near-perfect, scores

every time. And this is still true for
the New SAT Essay! Many of the
strategies that were applicable to
the old SAT Essay are still
applicable to the New SAT Essay.
And the New SAT Essay is more
formulaic than ever. Even though
the College Board tried to change
the essay so that students could
not game it anymore, we have
gamed it again. So get ready to
learn some powerful strategies to
ace the New SAT Essay!

SAT ESSAY
FREQUENTLY
ASKED
QUESTIONS

1. WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
2. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT?
3. HOW IS IT SCORED?
4. IS IT HARDER?
5. SHOULD I TAKE THE SAT ESSAY?

SAT ESSAY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What Is The

Format?

Time 50 minutes

Passage Type Argumentative. The
author of the passage will try to
persuade the reader of a particular
position. Your job is to analyze how
effectively the author develops his
or her argument.

Passage Length 650 – 750 words.

Passage Content Topic for a
broad audience. You will not need
to have prior knowledge of the
topic in order to write a compelling
SAT Essay.

Passage Complexity High school
level (grades 9 -12).

Last Section Unlike the previous
2400-version of the SAT Essay that
was always the first section of the
SAT, the 1600-version of the SAT
Essay is always the last section of

the SAT.