The second BIGGEST MISTAKE students make on the SAT Essay
...because you have so little time to compose your
thoughts and...
...you don't get a chance to study the topic in
advance...
...the easiest thing to do is to just start writing
your essay using whatever information and ideas come to
mind.
Why is that bad?
Because it will lead you to writing a disorganized
essay that's hard for graders to follow--and
understand.
You can easily avoid this common mistake by knowing one
simple fact and following one simple technique you've
already learned in school.
The simple fact is that essay graders reward students
who organize their ideas into paragraphs.
Each paragraph must have only one example.
If you put two ideas into the same paragraph or have
one idea that spans two or more paragraphs you can kiss
that high score good bye.
The one simple technique to making sure you organize
your essay into these simple paragraphs is to write a
brief outline...
...just one sentence to describe the subject of each
paragraph.
Of course knowing that your essay must be broken up
into logical paragraphs is only half of what you need
to do well.
The other half consists in knowing how to organize your
paragraphs for maximum impact.
SAT Essay paragraphs can be super easy when you learn
the strategy I call the 4-Part Paragraph.
It allows you to know just how to present your
information concisely, quickly and confidently on test day.
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