Tag: sat writing tips
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What is the SAT Essay?
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SAT Grammar Book for Download
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Tutor’s Top 5 Best SAT Writing Books
Hi! This is the blog of a perfect-scoring pro SAT tutor. While you’re here, be sure to join my email list so I can send exclusive test prep info and bonuses straight to your inbox – subscribe today! The Top SAT Writing Books Ok, let me start this post off by saying: As a professional…
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Review: The Ultimate Guide to SAT Grammar by Erica Meltzer
For tips on SAT grammar, math, reading and more from a perfect-scoring pro tutor, join my email list! Today I wanted to take some time to promote the work of another SAT prep tutor, blogger, and author who I really respect. Erica Meltzer’s SAT prep websites can be found at Reading and Writing Tips for…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Relative Pronouns
The following article is an excerpt from my e-book SAT Grammar Crammer! Relative Pronouns: “The movie who I saw recently was awesome!” Does something seem weird about the title of this article? Are “movies” whos? NO WAAAAAAAY! Movies are definitely not people. “Who” is used for people and professions like “fireman” or “farmer.” “That” and…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Adjectives and Adverbs
The following article is an excerpt from my e-book SAT Grammar Crammer! Adverbs and Adjectives: the little “-ly” that makes all the difference Adjectives are words that are used to describe or add detail about nouns or pronouns: in other words, people, places, or things. They tell us more about what something or someone is…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Passive Voice and Wordiness
The following article is an excerpt from my e-book SAT Grammar Crammer! Passive Voice and Wordiness: Just let the point be gotten to by you, junior! Let’s knock the really simple part of this lesson out first – on the SAT Writing test, always pick the shortest, simplest, most direct, most clear error-free answer that…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Conjunctions
The following article is an excerpt from my e-book SAT Grammar Crammer! Conjunctions: Where grammar and common sense collide “Conjunctions,” the name for this important part of speech, comes from the word “conjoined,” which comes from the word “joined.” A “junction” is like a place where two things meet and connect – like two train…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Pronoun Case
The following article is an excerpt from my e-book SAT Grammar Crammer! Pronoun Case: “Him don’t talk so good…” Pronoun case error is the topic that covers the question: “Is it Bradley and I or Bradley and me?” Each of these options can be correct when used properly; you just need a way to know…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Illogical Comparisons
This article is an excerpt from my SAT prep book SAT Grammar Crammer. Order your own copy to get access to all 12+ lessons, 200+ practice questions and more! Illogical Comparisons: “It’s raining cats and oranges out there!” Alright – if Misplaced Modifiers are my favorite SAT grammar topic, Illogical Comparisons must come in a…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Comma Splices
The following SAT grammar lesson is an excerpt from my book SAT Grammar Crammer. Order your copy today and get a new high score on the SAT test! Comma Splices: They are annoying, they are redundant, they should be destroyed. Comma splices (frequently known as a “run-on sentences”) are part of a grammar rule that…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Sentence Fragments
The following lesson is taken from SAT Grammar Crammer: Top 12 Rules of SAT Writing. Order your copy today for a complete guide to SAT grammar! Sentence Fragments and Incomplete Sentences: “But the SAT!” Ok – this is one of only two or three lessons in my book that actually has to use a few…
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SAT Writing Grammar Rules: Pronoun Number
The following article is an excerpt from my e-book SAT Grammar Crammer: Top 12 SAT Writing Rules. To improve your SAT score, order your copy today! Pronoun Number: “They an’ he” ain’t called “we,” or else a pronoun mistake there’d be On the grammar portion of the SAT Writing section, Pronoun Number is very closely…
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SAT Writing Tips: Rearranging Word Order Strategy
This post is an excerpt from my SAT prep e-book, The Top 12 SAT Writing Grammar Rules. Get your copy today! Ok, let me start this SAT Writing section tip off with a gripe that I think you’ll sympathize with. The SAT Writing section claims to be all about “clarity” in grammar – in general, they…
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Why is grammar important?
Want to improve your SAT Writing score and grammar skills with expert tips from a perfect-scoring tutor? Sign up for the free SAT e-mail list for exclusive content! As a professional SAT prep tutor, I get asked all the time “Why is grammar important?” “Does grammar even matter when I have spell check?” “Does the SAT…
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SAT Essay Evidence: Joseph McCarthy
While you’re here be sure to join my SAT email list to get the Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-exclusive content that will help you on all sections of the SAT! I wanted to change things up a little bit for my next bit of SAT essay evidence and go with someone a little…
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You should only use SAT Essay evidence that you care about
While you’re here, be sure to join my free SAT email list to download the Urgent Report on SAT Reading and get access to other great subscriber-only exclusives! I was just talking with an SAT prep tutoring student of mine about the idea of not always using the same boring evidence to write the SAT…
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SAT Essay Tips: Don’t slow your writing down!
Before you go any further, be sure to join my SAT email list for FREE subscriber-only bonuses and exclusive content mailed straight to your inbox. Alright folks – sorry I’ve been away for this last week. I met a lovely young lady and she has been distracting me from SAT prep with trips to the…
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Three pro tips for the SAT Essay
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Top 3 SAT Writing Grammar Errors
While you’re here, be sure to join my SAT email list for an Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other exclusive SAT-related bonuses. And, if you want to learn all the SAT Writing tips you never knew, check out my SAT Grammar Crammer prep book! The problem with the SAT grammar section, for most students, is that…
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Introduction to the SAT Writing Multiple-Choice Section
Want to improve your SAT Writing score? Check out this SAT Writing prep book! And, be sure to join my SAT email list while you are here! The addition of a grammar test to the SAT is a relatively recent development that the College Board rolled out in 2005. Essentially, they took what was previously a…