SAT Writing

The SAT contains three scored Writing sections. One Writing section lasts 10 minutes, and the other two Writing sections last 25 minutes each.

• The SAT always begins with the 25 minute Essay section, in which you are presented with an issue, normally in the form of a quotation, and must respond to a specific question about that issue. You must express your point of view on the given issue and support it with well-developed reasons and examples.

The other two Writing sections contain three different multiple-choice question types:

• Improving Sentences: For these questions, you are given a sentence with a portion of the text underlined. You must determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence contains a grammatical error, and if so, how to best correct the error. The 10 minute Writing section contains only Improving Sentences questions. The 25 minute multiple-choice Writing section also contains a group of Improving Sentences questions.
  
  
• Improving Paragraphs: Several of these questions will appear at the end of the 25 minute multiple-choice Writing section. These questions require you to read a short passage and answer questions about the sentence structure, word choice, organization, and development of the passage.
  
  
• Identifying Sentence Errors: These questions test your ability to recognize English grammar and usage errors. For Identifying Sentence Errors questions, you must determine whether a sentence contains a grammatical or usage error, and if so, identify the error. Although you must be able to identify the error, these questions do not actually require you to correct it. You will encounter a group of these questions in the 25 minute multiple-choice Writing section.

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