本系列丛书由新东方从美国巴朗教育出版公司独家引进,是备考SAT考试的权威辅导用书。本书是关于写作部分的专项指南,介绍了写作考试的总体特点,针对写作三大部分分析题型特点,总结备考策略。同时,书中还提供大量练习题和全真模考题,并配有详尽的解析。本书适用于备考SAT写作的所有考生,帮助考生实现全面突破。
目录
Greetings from the Author iii
PART I The Basics: Getting Acquainted with the Writing Test 1 Overview of the Writing Test / 3 The Essay / 6 Multiple-Choice Questions / 8
PART II Dress Rehearsal: A Sample Test 15 Sample Test / 19 Answer Key / 37 Performance Evaluation Chart / 45 Conversion Table / 46 Answer Explanations / 47
PART III How to Write an Essay in 1,500 Seconds 57 Steps for Writing the Perfect Essay / 59 Prewriting: Getting Set to Write / 60 Reading and Analyzing the Topic Carefully / 60 Narrowing the Topic / 63 Choosing a Main Idea / 65 Gathering and Arranging Ideas Purposefully / 68 Composing: Putting Words on Paper / 71 Writing a Gripping Introduction / 71 Building an Essay with Paragraphs / 75 Paragraph Development / 82 Transitions / 87 Using Plain and Precise Language / 89 Fresh Language and Surprises / 94 Varying Sentence Structure / 97 Sentence Types / 100 Repetition of Ideas / 100 Short and Long Sentences / 101 Ending Your Essay / 105 Editing and Proofreading: The Final Touches / 108 Editing for Clarity / 108 Editing for Interest / 115 Checking for Standard Usage and Mechanics / 126 Review / 134 Answer Key to Practice Exercises / 134
PART IV You Be the Ump: Essays for Evaluation 147 How Essays Are Judged and Graded / 149 Guidelines for Evaluation / 149 Essays for Evaluation / 151 Essay Topics for Practice / 164
PART V The Heart of the Test: Multiple-Choice Questions 167 Introduction / 169 Improving Sentences Questions / 169 Sample Sentence Improvement Questions / 170 Problems in Style and Expression / 173 Problems in Sentence Structure / 178 Problems in Standard Usage / 196 Review / 217 Identifying Sentence Errors / 218 Errors in Expression and Style / 219 Errors in Grammar and Usage / 235 Improving Paragraphs Questions / 246 Answering the Questions / 248 How to Answer Improving Paragraphs Questions / 250 Review / 263 Answer Key to Practice Exercises / 264
PART VI Tests for Practice, Practice, Practice 271 Practice Test A / 273 Answer Key / 291 Performance Evaluation Chart / 295 Conversion Table / 296 Answer Explanations / 297 Practice Test B / 305 Answer Key / 322 Performance Evaluation Chart / 326 Conversion Table / 327 Answer Explanations / 328 Practice Test C / 335 Answer Key / 352 Performance Evaluation Chart / 356 Conversion Table / 357 Answer Explanations / 358 Practice Test D / 367 Answer Key / 385 Performance Evaluation Chart / 389 Conversion Table / 390 Answer Explanations / 391
Index 400
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