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Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat writting essentials 4', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Address the Topic It can t be stressed enough how important it is to clearly address the topic. You can write an incredible essay filled with unique insights mature diction and outstanding organization and development. But if it doesn t address the topic it will receive a zero. The Essay Scorers of the essay are high school and college teachers who use a scale of 1-6 their two scores are combined to reach an essay score of 2-12. Note however that an essay written off-topic no matter how good will receive a zero. If the two scores vary by more than a point a third reader scores it. Essay scorers are trained to use a holistic approach meaning they consider the essay as a whole rather than word-by-word. Big issues such as organization and structure count more than little ones such as an errant spelling mistake or extraneous comma. That means essays receiving a twelve may have a couple of mechanics errors. Specifically scorers look for three things 1. development of a point of view in response to the topic 2. strong supporting examples and details 3. skillful use of language Don t get put off by the third requirement. Scorers know you have just 25 minutes to write your essay so they don t expect perfect grammar and punctuation although it certainly won t hurt . They will look for word choices that reflect a strong vocabulary avoid cliches and slang variety in sentence structure and logical development of ideas. We ll go into greater detail about essay specifics in Chapter 3. SAT Study Timetable Whether you re reading this book six weeks or six months before you take the SAT the steps in your timetable remain the same. Now Take a practice test such as the one in Chapter 4. Score your test and analyze the results. For each incorrect response ask yourself Was there something you needed to know that you didn t know Make a list of the topics you need to review and devote extra time to studying them. Did you misunderstand the question What about the question confused or .