{"id":12103,"date":"2018-02-21t11:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21t19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=12103"},"modified":"2018-07-03t07:37:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03t14:37:53","slug":"sat-writing-and-language-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/sat-writing-and-language-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"sat writing and language practice: how to get a great score"},"content":{"rendered":"
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it may come as a big surprise that getting a great score on the sat writing and language section has a lot in common with kylie jenner\u2019s instagram feed. don\u2019t believe me? for example, at first glance, both kylie and sat writing might be intimidating (granted, for totally different reasons), but actually, they rely on patterns. lots and lots of patterns.<\/p>\n
writers have identified patterns in kylie\u2019s selfie poses (there are 11 she uses the most, in case you were wondering<\/a>). similarly, there are a limited number of question types that the sat writing and language section will present you with on test day. how to do it? read on!<\/p>\n okay, so you’ve gotten the ball rolling. but what do you do if you want to push your score up even higher? there are a few strategies you can use to take things to the next level.<\/p>\n gather sat writing and language practice problems (you’ll need a lot!). divide them into sets of 10. do the first set of 10 while timing yourself, then record your time at the top of the sheet. as you study, keep returning to these practice problems, shaving 5 or 10 seconds off your time and completing the set within those limits. repeat until you can answer a question in an average of 45 seconds. there are more specific guidelines in this post<\/a>—just make sure you adapt them to the sat. voila!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n and what should you do if you’ve almost reached total instagram stardom—err i mean…that perfect sat score—and just can’t get those last few points? i can’t really help you with the instagram thing anymore, but there are some things you can do for a top score.<\/p>\n here it is, your moment of truth! the questions below are just a brief taster of sat writing and language practice—it’s not a full passage. remember, you can get even more sat practice questions in the new sat practice test pdf<\/a>! lately, a small but 1<\/strong> annoying<\/span> group of scholars, writers, and students have been questioning william shakespeare’s place in the literary pantheon. for several hundred years, shakespeare has been the undisputed master of english literature. finally, his super-human status has turned against him. now, people are beginning to ask whether an uneducated man raised by illiterate parents could truly have written these great plays. 2<\/strong> these skeptics, known as “oxfordians,” believe that<\/span> william shakespeare of stratford-upon-avon, the figure to whom history has ascribed the plays, was not actually a writer, but the stand-in for an anonymous playwright. a wide variety of possible “true authors” have been proposed.<\/p>\n [2]<\/p>\n much of the argument revolves around the lack of records surrounding william shakespeare of stratford. there are no records from the stratford grammar school, so his earliest education is undocumented. additionally, no personal letters from shakespeare remain. the only examples of his writing are six signatures that appear sloppy. his parents signed their names with an “x.” so did his daughters. 3<\/strong> despite all of this evidence suggesting<\/span> that shakespeare may have been illiterate.<\/p>\n the writer wants to convey an attitude of respectful disagreement. which choice best accomplishes this goal? (answer below)<\/em><\/p>\n these skeptics, known as “oxfordians,” believe that<\/span> (answer below)<\/em><\/p>\n despite all of this evidence suggesting<\/span> (answer below)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. the best answer is (c). although each of these words is fine in certain circumstances and the writer may believe all of them to be accurate, only “outspoken” conveys an appropriately scholarly tone. “annoying,” (a) and “irritating” (d) are not respectful or scholarly terms. (b) pestiferous is far too formal and stiff. you are not expected to know this word–it\u2019s a fancy way of saying irritating–but are supposed to be able to spot that it is far too formal for the sat.<\/p>\n 2. the best answer is (a). the phrase “known as ‘oxfordians'” is an appositive phrase, so it must be surrounded by commas, as in (a). answer choice (b) incorrectly places a comma between “as” and “oxfordians.” this incorrectly mimics the use of commas before direct quotes; these quotation marks are not being used to indicate a direct quote. answer choices (b) and (c) both leave off one of the commas which must surround the phrase.<\/p>\n 3. the best answer is (d). this sentence sums up all of the previous sentences, so the transition should express agreement. answer choices (a) and (b) both indicate that the sentence which follows will be in opposition to the previous sentences, which is not the case. answer choice (c) correctly indicates that this sentence agrees with the previous sentences, but the word “therefore” is not used to introduce this kind of simple summary.<\/p>\n at the end of the day, the very best advice i can give you? cut yourself some slack.<\/strong> if you only get, say, 15 million followers as opposed to kylie’s 100 million, that’s still a big win! (looking at you, logan paul.) and the same thing goes if you get a 790 on sat writing and language—or a 700, or a 650—and it’s a significant improvement for you, that’s awesome and should be celebrated! so do all the sat writing and language practice that you can (not forgetting about sat reading practice<\/a> and sat math practice<\/a>!), learn from what you’ve done, and then walk into the test room with confidence.<\/p>\n after all, that’s what it’s all about!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" need some sat writing and language practice to get a great score? the good news is that this section of the test has lots of patterns. the even better news? our experts are here to help you identify them, and guide you through your sat writing practice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[24,84],"ppma_author":[24872],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nthat\u2019s great news for you, because it means that you can a) practice\/mock kylie\u2019s selfie game until you master it and b) do enough sat writing and language practice until you master that<\/em>. and then you can celebrate, because you\u2019ve basically won life.<\/p>\nsat writing practice: the basics<\/h2>\n
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\n <\/li>\nsat writing practice: the next level<\/h2>\n
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\n[1]<\/p>\nsat writing and language practice question 1<\/h3>\n
\na. no change
\nb. pestiferous
\nc. outspoken
\nd. irritating<\/p>\nsat writing and language practice question 2<\/h3>\n
\na. no change
\nb. these skeptics, known as, “oxfordians,” believe that
\nc. these skeptics known as “oxfordians,” believe that
\nd. these skeptics, known as “oxfordians” believe that<\/p>\nsat writing and language practice question 3<\/h3>\n
\na. no change
\nb. in contrast, all of this evidence suggesting
\nc. therefore, all of this evidence suggesting
\nd. taken together, all of this evidence suggests<\/p>\nsat writing answers and explanations<\/h3>\n
a final word<\/h2>\n