SAT Essay, Part 5: Three Tips for Supporting Your Position
Your thesis contains the point of your essay – what you think about the issue given you in the essay prompt. Now you’ve got to defend your opinion. You need to give clear and persuasive reasons for thinking the way you do.
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SAT Essay, Part 4: Three Tips for Taking a Strong Position
The first thing essay readers look for is a strong position. Taking a half-hearted or diplomatic approach to the topic is a sure way to drop your score. In Part 3 of this series, I talked about the importance of getting your thesis right. The thesis is the starting place of an essay with strong content. In this article, I’ll show you three ways to keep your position firm throughout the paper.
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SAT Essay, Part 3: Three Tips for a Strong Thesis
A thesis is a single sentence that summarizes the overall point of your paper. Your thesis statement is the most important sentence in your essay. It’s the anchor, the fulcrum, the central point of your paper. Every good SAT essay has an identifiable thesis. Getting the thesis right is a giant step toward getting the whole paper right. It is like pointing the bow of a ship in the proper direction at the start of a voyage.
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SAT Essay, Part 2: Six Time Management Tips
Success on the SAT essay depends upon using time efficiently. You might be capable of writing a prize-winning essay, but …
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