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SAT
WRITING
ESSENTIALS
SAT
WRITING
ESSENTIALS
®
NEW YORK
Copyright © 2006 LearningExpress
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Starkey, Lauren B., 1962–
SAT writing essentials / Lauren Starkey.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57685-532-5
1. English language—Composition and exercises—Examinations—Study guides. 2. SAT
(Educational test)—Study guides. I. Title.
LB1631.5.S785 2006
378.1`662—dc22
2005027520
Printed in the United States of America
987654321
ISBN 1-57685-532-5
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About the Author
Lauren Starkey is a writer and editor who specializes in educational and reference works. Her thirteen years of expe-
rience include eight years on the editorial staff of the Oxford English Dictionary. The author of more than ten vol-
umes, Lauren lives in Essex, Vermont, with her husband and three children.
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SAT
WRITING
ESSENTIALS
C H A P T E R
1
Getting to Know
the Writing
Section of the
New SAT
For over 80 years, high school juniors and seniors have faced the SAT
on their paths to college. During that time, the test has undergone some
changes. However, the new SAT, offered for the first time in March
2005, represents the most significant change in the history of the test.
What does that mean for the more than two million students who take
the test each year? They’ll miss more of the Saturday on which they
take it: The old SAT was three hours long, and the new one is almost
four. Instead of two sections, the test now includes three, and the top
score is 2,400 instead of 1,600. But of even greater importance are the
changes within those sections. Let’s look more closely at what today’s
students will encounter with the new SAT.
Old versus New
Minor changes have been made to the Math and Verbal sections. Math topics have been expanded to include expo-
nential growth, absolute value, and functional notation. Familiar topics, such as linear functions, manipulations
with exponents, and properties of tangent lines, are given greater emphasis. Skills such
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