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Barron's Writing Workbook for the New SAT
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CONTENTS
Greetings from the Author ii

PART I THE BASICS: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE WRITING TEST 1
Overview of the Writing Test 3
The Essay 5
Multiple-Choice Questions 7

PART II DRESS REHEARSAL: A SAMPLE TEST 13
Sample Test 16
Answer Key 31
Performance Evaluation Chart 38
Conversion Table 39
Answer Explanations 40

PART III HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY IN TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES 49
The Essay-Writing Process 51
Pre-Writing: Getting Set to Write 52
Reading and Analyzing the Topic Carefully 52
Narrowing the Topic Mercilessly 53
Choosing a Main Idea 55
Gathering and Arranging Ideas Purposefully 57
Composing: Putting Words on Paper 59
Writing a Gripping Introduction 59
Building an Essay with Paragraphs 62
Using Plain and Precise Language 72
Varying Sentence Structure 77
Ending Your Essay 83
Editing and Proofreading: The Final Touches 85
Editing for Clarity 85
Editing for Interest 91
Checking for Standard Usage and Mechanics 99
Review 105
Answer Key to Practice Exercises 105

PART IV ESSAYS FOR EVALUATION 115
How Essays Are Judged and Graded 117
Guidelines for Evaluation 117
Essays for Evaluation 118
Essay Topics for Practice 129

PART V MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 131
Introduction 133
Improving Sentences Questions 133
Sample Sentence Improvement Questions 134
Problems in Style and Expression 136
Problems in Sentence Structure 139
Problems in Standard Usage 152
Identifying Sentence Errors 165
Errors in Expression and Style 166
Errors in Grammar and Usage 176
Improving Paragraphs Questions 183
Answering the Questions 184
How to Answer Improving Paragraphs
Questions 186
Answer Key to Practice Exercises 195

PART VI TESTS FOR PRACTICE 201
Practice Test A 203
Answer Key 219
Performance Evaluation Chart 222
Conversion Table 223
Answer Explanations 224
PracticeTest B 231
Answer Key 247
Performance Evaluation Chart 250
Conversion Table 251
Answer Explanations 252
Practice Test C 259
Answer Key 275
Performance Evaluation Chart 278
Conversion Table 279
Answer Explanations 280
Practice Test D 287
Answer Key 303

Performance Evaluation