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Randall McCutcheon is a high school educator nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for innovation in curriculum, with experience teaching English, speech, debate, and journalism. Jim Schaffer, a finalist for the Teacher-in-Space program, is chair of the English Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he teaches English and journalism.

"If you want to ace the SAT essay, this is the book to buy . . . a creative approach that actually works and doesn't bore you to death in the process."
—Darshan Patel, student, Albuquerque Academy

"If Strunk and White did stand-up . . . a serious and funny book."
—Matt Barrett, student, Stanford University

Master the SAT Essay—FAST!

If SAT savvy is what you seek, this book is the resource you need. Learn the secrets, shortcuts, and strategies to succeed—with only minutes of effort a day.

This lively, straight-to-the-point guide presents essential writing principles on English grammar, proven essay-writing strategies that are life-savers when you're under time restraints, and sample essays with revealing commentary on their strengths and weaknesses from a professional grader.

Consult this practical guide and in no time you'll learn how to:

• Use an examiner's eye to structure your writing and cut the clutter
• Put yourself into your essay—and have the examiner root for you
• Prepare a Plan B for when you can't think of anything to write

Whether you follow the eight-week plan or you need the last-minute approach, let this book lead you to SAT success.

Randall McCutcheon is a high school educator nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for innovation in curriculum, with experience teaching English, speech, debate, and journalism. Jim Schaffer, a finalist for the Teacher-in-Space program, is chair of the English Department at Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he teaches English and journalism.

Writing Principles
1. The SAT Scars You For Life
2. Debunking Grammar Myths
3. Think About the Reader First
4. One Idea per Sentence
5. Hold It Together
6. Making Sentences Hold Hands
7. Save the Last Dance
8. The Long and the Short of it
9. Re-verb-erate
10. Oops, There it is
11. A Fragment of Your Imagnation
12. Tested You will Be
13. Make Pronouns Point
14. All the World's Offstage
15. Gender Bender
16. Don't Misunderestimate the Right Place
17. Pound the Concrete
18. Gobble Gobbledygook
19. Some Words Are Very, Very Bad
20. And I Said What I Meant Etc.