Essay and Writing

Teaching Staff
September 7, 2018
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Editing an Essay

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The process of writing an essay can be excruciatingly painful. Many have an overwhelming instinct to flee when the first draft is finally complete, which results in them forgoing the…

Deborah
March 20, 2015
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SAT Review of Improving Paragraphs

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Overview The Improving Paragraphs subtest of the SAT Writing Test allows students to demonstrate editing and revision skills on a larger scale than the Improving Sentences section. They are required…

Deborah
March 19, 2015
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SAT Review of Improving Sentences

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Overview The Improving Sentences subtest of the SAT Writing test looks very similar to the Identifying Sentence Errors subtest. Students are expected to focus upon one phrase within a target…

Deborah
March 18, 2015
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SAT Review of Characteristics of Effective Writing

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Overview The SAT tests writing skills for prospective college students with sentence-based and paragraph-based multiple-choice questions, as well as an essay on demand. Some of the characteristics of effective writing…

Deborah
March 17, 2015
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SAT Review of Identifying Sentence Errors

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Overview One of the subtests of the SAT Writing portion is Identifying Sentence Errors. These multiple-choice questions ask students to recognize errors in grammar, usage, word choice, and idioms. During…

Deborah
March 16, 2015
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SAT Review of Practice for the Essay Section

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Overview The essay section of the SAT Writing exam gives students the opportunity to write a coherent first draft of an essay in response to a prompt. It is usually…

Deborah
February 17, 2015
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Vocabulary Review for the SAT

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Overview Students develop a good vocabulary as one of the advantages of going to college. It is a result of reading scholarly texts, writing papers and essays, and listening to…

School Tutoring
August 15, 2014
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Deciphering Meaning from Reading Passages on the SAT and ACT

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Overview Questions about longer reading passages on the SAT, ACT, and other standardized tests tap students’ abilities to find and use meaning from what they read. These skills are important…

School Tutoring
July 28, 2014
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Recognizing Nonstandard English: Diction Errors

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Overview Diction errors are types of errors when the incorrect word is used in a nonstandard way. Some word usage is colloquial: out of place in a formal essay. Other…

School Tutoring
July 16, 2014
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Appropriate Sentence Construction for the SAT and ACT

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Overview: Some grammar questions on standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT ask students to apply the rules they have learned about sentence construction. Sentence prompts may include dangling…

Editing an Essay

SAT Review of Improving Paragraphs

SAT Review of Improving Sentences

SAT Review of Characteristics of Effective Writing

SAT Review of Identifying Sentence Errors

SAT Review of Practice for the Essay Section

Vocabulary Review for the SAT

Deciphering Meaning from Reading Passages on the SAT and ACT

Recognizing Nonstandard English: Diction Errors

Appropriate Sentence Construction for the SAT and ACT

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