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The College Panda's SAT Essay: The Battle-tested Guide for the New SAT 2016 Essay

by Nielson Phu

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A structured guide to the 2016 SAT essay

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A structured guide to the 2016 SAT essay

Nielson Phu’s 70-page guide brings together an essay template, an approach to analyzing persuasive elements, and advice on quoting and explaining evidence. It also outlines how the SAT essay is graded and identifies mistakes the book says students should avoid. The examples include Phu’s essay from the May 2016 exam, sample responses to official prompts, and student essays described as perfect-scoring. With its focus on a specific SAT essay format and practical frameworks, the book serves as a compact study aid for essay preparation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students preparing for the SAT essay format described in this 2016 guide
  • Learners seeking templates and frameworks for analyzing persuasive writing
  • Students who want sample essays alongside advice on grading and common mistakes

Themes

SAT essay preparationPersuasive and rhetorical analysisEssay structure and evidenceScoring and common mistakes

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Book overview

This book is the only guide that gives you a proven battle-tested essay template used by a perfect scorer on the SAT. As a teacher, I took the SAT myself and got a 1600 to bring you these insights. This isn't just the 5-paragraph stuff that you read in every other book---I'll tell you exactly what persuasive elements to look for and how to analyze them. My high-scoring essay from the May 2016 exam is included. I share everything: what I did right as well as the subtle things I initially missed.

Here's what you'll learn inside:

  • How the SAT Essay is Graded
  • The 7 Things Every Perfect Essay Must Have
  • All the Rhetorical and Persuasive Elements You Need to Know
  • The Essay Template You Can Use to Analyze Any Prompt
  • The Narrate-Explain Framework
  • How to Quote
  • Eight Fatal Mistakes Students Make on the Essay
  • Sample Essays to Official Prompts
  • Real Student Essays that got a Perfect Score

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