Rebekah Hendershot

Answer Guide: Section 5 (Writing)

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Table of Contents

Section 1: The Essay

Essay Basics

14m 46s

Introduction

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:07

What Is An Essay?

0:28

Essayer = To Try, To Attempt

0:31

An Essay is An Attempt to Explain a Thought in Writing

0:44

Why Does the SAT Ask for an Essay?

1:11

Designed to Test Your Readiness for College

1:19

Also Tests Your Ability to Think on Your Feet and Express Your Thoughts Clearly

1:34

What They're Looking For

2:05

Good Writing

2:11

Good Content

2:57

The Prompt

3:35

Always the Same Form: An Excerpt Following By a Question

3:37

Sample Prompt

3:58

Essay Scoring

5:22

Two Readers Read Each Essay and Score It on A Scale from 1-6

5:51

Essay Readers Are Encouraged to be Forgiving and to Reward Students for Writing Well

6:16

Essay Readers Are Trained to Ignore Handwriting

6:34

Essay Scoring: 6

6:46

Essay Scoring: 5

7:42

Essay Scoring: 4

8:20

Essay Scoring: 3

9:03

Essay Scoring: 2

10:18

Essay Scoring: 1

11:19

Essay Scoring: 0

12:15

Tips for a Better Essay

12:25

Outline Before You Write

12:39

Use a Variety of Examples

12:56

Use Abstract and Concrete Nouns

13:49

The Essay Prompt

8m 6s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:07

The Prompt

0:28

Always the Same Form: An Excerpt Following By a Question

0:30

Sample Prompt

0:47

Why the Prompt is Horrible

1:30

No Opportunity to Prepare Before the Test

1:34

Timed Conditions

1:46

Your SAT Essay is a First Draft

2:03

Why the Prompt is Awesome

2:23

The Prompt Explains the Excerpt For You

2:27

Prompt Asks the Same Question in Two Ways

2:58

It's the First Section of the SAT

3:09

Readers Know This is Your First Draft

3:28

There is No Wrong Answer and No Penalty for Guessing

3:38

Three Ways to Answer the Prompt

3:55

Agree

4:08

Disagree

4:11

In the Middle - Scarecrow

4:14

Yes

4:18

4:47

Scarecrow

5:22

Tips for Acing the Prompt

6:31

Make Sure You Answer the Question You Were Asked

6:36

Pay Attention to the Language Used in the Excerpt

6:43

Outlining Your Essay

12m 20s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:09

Why Outline?

0:29

A Good Outline is Like a Road Map

0:58

An Outline Lets You Arrange Your Examples in the Best Possible Order

1:11

Outlining Helps You Remember Your Examples

1:26

Outlining Method 1: The Formal Outline

1:54

Outlining Method 2: The Informal Outline

4:35

Outlining in Action, Example 1

5:26

Thesis

6:17

Example 2

8:43

Outlining Tips

10:44

Read the Prompt Carefully

10:51

Practice Outlining

11:06

Don't Waste Time with Complete Sentences

11:39

Choose Examples That Can Be Jotted Down in a Few Words

11:50

Make Sure Your Outline Aligns with Yes/No/Scarecrow

12:07

Section 2: Grammar

Grammar Errors: Part 1

19m 49s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:09

Verbs

0:32

Subject-Verb Agreement

0:46

Issues With verb Tense

0:49

Singular Subjects take Singular Verbs

0:52

Examples

1:35

Collective Nouns Are Singular

2:47

Gerunds As Subjects Are Singular

3:20

Examples

3:31

Verb Tense Should Remain Consistent

4:32

Example

6:05

The SAT Likes to Switch Would and Will

6:33

Example

6:58

The SAT Likes to Switch Gerunds

7:22

Example

7:38

Pronouns

8:33

All Pronouns Must Agree with Their Antecedents in Number and Gender

8:35

Example

8:46

If a Sentence Uses 'One' or 'You' to Describe an Undetermined Person, It Must Not Switch Between the Two Terms

9:55

Example

10:16

Pay Attention to a Pronoun's Case

10:52

Examples

11:21

Adjectives vs. Adverbs

12:31

Adjectives Modify Nouns or Pronouns

12:40

Examples

13:17

Parallel Structure: Lists

14:26

When a Sentence Contains a List or Series of Items, Each Item Should Appear in the Format

14:37

Examples

14:47

Word Pairs

15:38

Correlative Conjunctions Are Always Paired Up a Certain Way

15:41

Example List of Words

15:53

Example Sentences

16:15

For Extra Grammar Help

19:16

Grammar Errors: Part 2

11m 2s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:09

Noun Agreement

0:31

Nouns Must Agree In Number When They Are Connected with Other Nouns By a Linking Verb

0:34

Example

1:07

Comparatives vs. Superlatives

1:46

Comparatives

1:53

Superlatives

2:05

Examples

2:20

Relative Pronouns

3:04

Who vs. Whom

3:10

Example

3:23

Which vs. That

3:47

Examples

4:18

Where vs. Which

4:59

Examples

5:14

Double Negatives / Double Positives

5:53

Don't Use More or Most with the Comparative or Superlative Form of an Adjective

6:16

Examples

6:29

Conjunctions

7:02

Continuers

7:10

Contradictors

7:23

Example

7:44

Cause-and-Effect Conjunctions

8:23

Example

8:37

Only One Conjunction Is Usually Necessary to Connect Two Clauses

8:58

Example

9:14

Redundancy

9:44

The SAT Occasionally Includes Redundant Phrases in Sentence

9:49

Example

10:06

For Extra Grammar Help

10:34

Grammar Errors: Part 3

12m 19s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:09

Sentence Fragments

0:28

A Sentence Must Contain Both a Subject and Verb

0:33

Example

0:59

Commas and Semicolons

1:25

Independent Clauses Are Clauses That Contain a Subject and Verb

1:33

To Join Independent Clauses, Use a Comma and A Coordinating Conjunction

1:41

Example

2:15

To Join Independent Clauses, Use a Semicolon Only

2:31

To Join Independent Clauses, Use a Semicolon and a Conjunctive Adverb

3:05

Example

3:19

To Join Independent Clauses, Review

3:42

Passive Voice

4:10

Active Construction

4:17

Passive Construction

4:21

Example

4:46

Sometimes the Passive Voice is Necessary to Correct a More Serious Error

5:23

Examples

5:35

Modifiers

6:47

Dangling Modifier

7:02

Example

7:13

Misplaced Modifiers

7:54

Example

8:15

Parallel Phrases

9:05

Conjunctions or Comparisons Must involve Elements Phrased in Parallel Ways

9:17

Example

9:25

The Subjunctive

10:07

Used to Express Needs, Requests, Suggestions, ad Hypothetical Situations

10:13

Major Distinction Between the Subjunctive Mood and Indicative Mood

10:46

Example

11:11

For Extra Grammar Help

11:45

Section 3: Practice Test

Answer Guide: Section 1 (Essay)

27m 48s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:14

The Prompt

1:07

Assignment

1:35

Outline

2:18

Essay

6:03

Answer Guide: Section 5 (Writing)

17m 23s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:11

Sentence Improvement

0:35

Question 1

0:36

Question 2

1:09

Question 3

1:55

Question 4

2:35

Question 5

2:50

Question 6

3:48

Question 7

4:20

Question 8

5:06

Question 9

5:44

Question 10

6:36

Question 11

7:10

Error Identification

7:36

Question 12

7:48

Question 13

8:09

Question 14

8:21

Question 15

8:48

Question 16

9:12

Question 17

9:29

Question 18

9:53

Question 19

10:06

Question 20

10:43

Question 21

10:54

Question 22

11:03

Question 23

11:52

Question 24

12:00

Question 25

12:25

Question 26

13:03

Question 27

13:25

Question 28

13:52

Question 29

14:19

Paragraph Improvement

14:40

Question 30

14:41

Question 31

15:02

Question 32

15:36

Question 33

15:58

Question 34

16:20

Question 35

16:52

Answer Guide: Section 10 (Writing)

8m 36s

Intro

0:00

Lesson Overview

0:11

Sentence Improvement

0:28

Question 1

0:29

Question 2

1:07

Question 3

1:30

Question 4

1:49

Question 5

2:26

Question 6

3:22

Question 7

3:57

Question 8

4:30

Question 9

5:13

Question 10

5:51

Question 11

6:24

Question 12

6:53

Question 13

7:16

Question 14

7:51

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