SAT Essay

Question 1

Your writing score consists of all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Textual Evidence

Question 2

What will the task on the SAT Essay always be?

Accepted Answer

To explain how an author builds an argument

Question 3

How long will you have to complete the SAT Essay?

Accepted Answer

55 Minutes

Question 4

When it comes to evaluating your reading, what are the scorers looking for?

Accepted Answer

How well you understood the passage

Question 5

When it comes to evaluating your writing abilities, what are the scorers looking for?

Accepted Answer

How well you structured your response

Question 6

The SAT Essay prompt will always require you to (select all that apply):

Accepted Answer

Focus on the effectiveness of the author's argument, Summarize the passage, Identify the author's persuasive tactics

Question 7

When it comes to evaluating your powers of analysis, what are the scorers looking for?

Accepted Answer

How well you analyzed the author's argument

Question 8

Because there is a time restraint, you should just skim the passage and go straight to answering the prompt.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Do you need any prior knowledge to understand the passage you must analyze?

Accepted Answer

No; it will be about a general topic

Question 10

Statistically, students score lowest on their __________ score.

Accepted Answer

Analysis

Question 11

The SAT Essay is very similar to a lot of the essays you will have to write in college.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What type of writing will you be analyzing for the SAT Essay?

Accepted Answer

A writing in which an author/speaker is trying to persuade an audience

Question 13

It is better to use a lot of quotes as textual evidence than to paraphrase in your essay response

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Your SAT essay MUST have at least

Accepted Answer

3 paragraphs

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