SAT Essay (2nd Edition)
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Students planning to take the SAT who need targeted improvement in the writing section
- Learners who want to systematically study the framework of American academic argumentative writing
- Readers who need high-scoring sample essays and detailed commentary to refine their own writing
- Teachers or tutors of SAT writing who can use it as teaching reference material
Not a good fit for
- Readers with no current need for academic writing exams such as the SAT who simply want to read English prose or fiction broadly
- Learners with very weak English foundations who have not yet mastered basic grammar and vocabulary
Reading tips
- Read Chapter 1 first to understand the core scoring criteria and overall requirements of the SAT essay, then do targeted practice on your weak areas (such as developing arguments and selecting examples)
- Use the sample essays and annotations to try imitative writing and comparative analysis, focusing on building logical chains and accuracy of language expression
- Combine the book's writing strategies with official past exam prompts and practice timed writing regularly to check your progress and adapt to the exam pace
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序言
- 第一章 SAT作文综述
- 第一节 SAT作文简介
- 第二节 SAT作文的评分标准及阅卷方式
- 第三节 SAT作文的出题方式及写作三部曲
- 第四节 SAT作文的开头、结尾和正文
- 第五节 叙述形式的SAT作文
- 第二章 SAT满分作文点评
- 范文一 人的价值取决于其创造的数量还是质量
- 范文二 动力和天分哪个更重要
- 范文三 事情的本身还是对事情的态度决定了你的快乐
- 范文四 我们真的希望听到别人真心的建议吗
- 范文五 教育的目的是什么
- 范文六 生命中最难忘的时刻是什么
- 范文七 过去的经历对未来的作用
- 范文八 评判英雄的标准
- 范文九 是行动还是语言反映人们的真实面目
- 范文十 坚持还是放弃——当你没有进展时
- 第三章 12篇SAT作文修改及点评
- 第一篇 我们对公众人物是否期待太多
- 第二篇 人生最大的悲剧是自作自受
- 第三篇 我们从成功还是从失败中学到的更多
- 第四篇 面对危机，应该快速反应还是慎重考虑
- 第五篇 说谎还是说出事实真相（学生习作之一）
- 第六篇 说谎还是说出事实真相（学生习作之二）
- 第七篇 改变自身态度还是改变环境（8分真题作文）
- 第八篇 助人者自助 （10分真题作文）
- 第九篇 成功和快乐取决于什么（7 分真题作文）
- 第十篇 我们应该崇拜英雄而不是名人（文章一，8分真题作文）
- 第十一篇 我们应该崇拜英雄而不是名人（文章二，10分真题作文）
- 第十二篇 归属于一个团体是否有价值（6分真题作文）
- 第四章 SAT作文漫谈：遣词造句和句式结构
- 第一节 语言的简洁性
- 第二节 动词的使用
- 第三节 避免使用悬垂结构
- 第四节 学会使用同位结构
- 第五节 学会使用现在分词结构
- 第六节 学会简化从句
- 第七节 典型从句的变化处理
- 第八节 句子的合并
- 第九节 学会转化词性
- 第十节 学会使用无偏见英语
- 第十一节 演绎法和归纳法的写作方式
- 第十二节 学会使用关联词
- 第十三节 句子内容的摆放顺序
- 第十四节 主句和从句的使用问题
- 第五章 SAT历届真题作文
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About the author
Zhang Yibing is an author known for writing SAT preparation books. Public information about him is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. The six works held in the library show that his writing focuses on the reading, vocabulary, essay, grammar, mathematics, and analysis sections of the SAT. His representative works include SAT Reading (2nd Edition), SAT Vocabulary (2nd Edition), SAT Essay (2nd Edition), SAT Analysis (2nd Edition), SAT Grammar (2nd Edition), and SAT Math. Most of these titles carry a "2nd Edition" label, indicating that the content has been revised and updated, which reflects his continued attention to exam question types and preparation needs. His books are often categorized under motivational growth, and their explanations emphasize practicality and operability, making them suitable for students preparing for overseas exams to practice systematically by module. Overall, Zhang Yibing's writing style is characterized by section-by-section training and analysis, giving his SAT preparation materials a practical character.
