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A self-assessment test, multiple-choice questions with answers, and five model SAT II Writing tests are presented, along with a self-scoring guide to help students assess their essay-writing skill. Added features include reviews of basic English grammar, style, usage, and punctuation. An overview to help students improve their writing skills includes identification of sentence errors, including agreement of subject and verb, agreement of pronoun and antecedent, repairing sentence fragments and run-on sentences, and more. In addition there are special questions with answers that are geared to help students focus on sentence improvement and paragraph improvement and cope successfully with frequent problems that arise in English language style and expression.

Preface

vi

PART I Introducing SAT II: Writing

Purpose of the Test

3

(1)

Overview and Content

4

(12)

The Essay Question

4

(7)

Identifying Sentence Errors

11

(1)

Improving Sentences

12

(1)

Improving Paragraphs

13

(3)

Taking the Test

16

(7)

After the Test

23

(4)

PART II Self-Assessment

Introduction

27

(8)

Self-Assessment Test

35

(12)

Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay

47

(1)

Answer Key

48

(1)

Performance Evaluation Chart

48

(1)

Answers Explained

49

(10)

PART III The Essay Question

Introduction

59

(7)

How to Write an Essay in 20 Minutes

66

(47)

A Dozen Principles of Good Writing

66

(1)

The Process of Writing an Essay

67

(31)

Standard English

98

(15)

Essay Writing Practice

113

(41)

Topic 1 with Six Students' Responses

114

(8)

Topic 2 with Six Students' Responses

122

(8)

Topic 3 with Six Students' Responses

130

(8)

Topic 4 with Six Students' Responses

138

(8)

Topic 5 with Six Students' Responses

146

(8)

Essay Topics for Further Practice

154

(2)

Answers to Practice Exercises

156

(5)

PART IV Multiple-Choice Questions

Overview

161

(1)

Identifying Sentence-Error Questions

162

(52)

Agreement of Subject and Verb

163

(5)

Verb Tense

168

(4)

Diction

172

(11)

Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent

183

(2)

Verb Forms

185

(2)

Use of Comparisons

187

(5)

Pronoun Reference

192

(4)

Pronoun Choice

196

(4)

Parallel Construction

200

(2)

English Idiom

202

(3)

Modifiers

205

(2)

Double Negatives

207

(1)

Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

208

(3)

Wordiness

211

(3)

Sentence-Improvement Questions

214

(20)

Sample Sentence-Improvement Questions

214

(2)

Problems in Sentence Structure

216

(10)

Incomplete Sentences

216

(1)

Run-on Sentences

217

(1)

Semicolon Errors

217

(1)

Comma Splice

218

(1)

Mismatched Sentence Parts

218

(5)

Misplaced Modifiers

223

(1)

Sentence Shifts

224

(2)

Problems in Standard English Usage

226

(4)

Subject-Verb Agreement

226

(1)

Faulty Verb Forms and Tenses

227

(1)

Faulty Comparisons

228

(1)

Pronoun Problems

228

(2)

Problems in Style and Expression

230

(4)

Wordiness

230

(1)

Awkwardness

231

(1)

Passive Construction

232

(2)

Paragraph-Improvement Questions

234

(25)

Sample Essay and Questions

234

(4)

What You Need to Know to Answer Paragraph-Improvement Questions

238

(21)

Purpose of the Essay

238

(1)

Organization of the Essay

239

(1)

Paragraph Structure, Unity, and Coherence

240

(14)

Functions of Paragraphs

254

(5)

Answers to Practice Exercises

259

(14)

PART V Tests for Practice

Practice Test A

273

(26)

Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay

285

(2)

Answer Key

287

(1)

Performance Evaluation Chart

287

(1)

Answers Explained

288

(11)

Practice Test B

299

(26)

Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay

311

(2)

Answer Key

313

(1)

Performance Evaluation Chart

313

(1)

Answers Explained

314

(11)

Practice Test C

325

(26)

Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay

337

(2)

Answer Key

339

(1)

Performance Evaluation Chart

339

(1)

Answers Explained

340

(11)

Practice Test D

351

(26)

Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay

363

(2)

Answer Key

365

(1)

Performance Evaluation Chart

365

(1)

Answers Explained

366

(11)

Practice Test E

377

(20)

Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay

389

(2)

Answer Key

391

(1)

Performance Evaluation Chart

391

(1)

Answers Explained

392

(5)

Index

397

(3)

Notes

400

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