| Preface | p. vi |
| Introducing SAT II: Writing | |
| Purpose of the Test | p. 3 |
| Overview and Content | p. 4 |
| The Essay Question | p. 4 |
| Identifying Sentence Errors | p. 11 |
| Improving Sentences | p. 12 |
| Improving Paragraphs | p. 13 |
| Taking the Test | p. 16 |
| After the Test | p. 23 |
| Self-Assessment | |
| Introduction | p. 27 |
| Self-Assessment Test | p. 35 |
| Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay | p. 47 |
| Answer Key | p. 48 |
| Performance Evaluation Chart | p. 48 |
| Answers Explained | p. 49 |
| The Essay Question | |
| Introduction | p. 57 |
| How to Write an Essay in 20 Minutes | p. 64 |
| A Dozen Principles of Good Writing | p. 64 |
| The Process of Writing an Essay | p. 65 |
| Standard English | p. 96 |
| Essay Writing Practice | p. 109 |
| Topic 1 and Six Students' Responses | p. 110 |
| Topic 2 with Six Students' Responses | p. 118 |
| Topic 3 with Six Students' Responses | p. 126 |
| Topic 4 with Six Students' Responses | p. 134 |
| Topic 5 with Six Students' Responses | p. 142 |
| Essay Topics for the Further Practice | p. 150 |
| Multiple-Choice Questions | |
| Overview | p. 155 |
| Identifying Sentence Errors | p. 156 |
| Agreement of Subject and Verb | p. 157 |
| Verb Forms | p. 162 |
| Verb Tense | p. 164 |
| Use of Comparisons | p. 168 |
| Diction | p. 172 |
| Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent | p. 182 |
| Pronoun Reference | p. 185 |
| Parallel Construction | p. 189 |
| English Idiom | p. 191 |
| Pronoun Choice | p. 194 |
| Modifiers | p. 197 |
| Double Negatives | p. 199 |
| Punctuation | p. 201 |
| Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices | p. 204 |
| Possessives | p. 207 |
| Capitalization | p. 208 |
| Sentence-Improvement Questions | p. 210 |
| Sample Sentence-Improvement Questions | p. 210 |
| Problems in Sentence Structure | p. 212 |
| Incomplete Sentences | p. 212 |
| Run-on Sentences | p. 213 |
| Semicolon Errors | p. 213 |
| Comma Splice | p. 214 |
| Mismatched Sentence Parts | p. 214 |
| Misplaced Modifiers | p. 218 |
| Sentence Shifts | p. 219 |
| Problems in Standard English Usage | p. 222 |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | p. 222 |
| Faulty Verb Forms and Tenses | p. 223 |
| Faulty Comparisons | p. 223 |
| Pronoun Problems | p. 224 |
| Problems in Style and Expression | p. 226 |
| Wordiness | p. 226 |
| Awkardness | p. 227 |
| Passive Construction | p. 228 |
| Paragraph-Improvement Questions | p. 230 |
| Sample Essay and Questions | p. 230 |
| What You Need to Know to Answer Paragraph-Improvement Questions | p. 234 |
| Purpose of the Essay | p. 234 |
| Organization of the Essay | p. 235 |
| Paragraph Structure, Unit, and Coherence | p. 235 |
| Functions of Paragraphs | p. 249 |
| Answers to Practice Exercises | p. 254 |
| Tests for Practice | |
| Practice Test A | p. 263 |
| Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay | p. 281 |
| Answer Key | p. 283 |
| Performance Evaluation Chart | p. 283 |
| Answers Explained | p. 284 |
| Practice Test B | p. 289 |
| Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay | p. 305 |
| Answer Key | p. 307 |
| Performance Evaluation Chart | p. 307 |
| Answers Explained | p. 308 |
| Practice Test C | p. 313 |
| Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay | p. 331 |
| Answer Key | p. 333 |
| Performance Evaluation Chart | p. 333 |
| Answers Explained | p. 334 |
| Practice Test D | p. 339 |
| Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay | p. 357 |
| Answer Key | p. 359 |
| Performance Evaluation Chart | p. 359 |
| Answers Explained | p. 360 |
| Practice Test E | p. 365 |
| Self-Scoring Guide for the SAT II Essay | p. 383 |
| Answer Key | p. 385 |
| Performance Evaluation Chart | p. 385 |
| Answers Explained | p. 386 |
| Index | p. 391 |
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