How to Prepare for the SAT II Writing (Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT II: Writing) [Paperback]

George Ehrenhaft (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764123467 | ISBN-13: 978-0764123467 | Publication Date: July 1, 2004 | Edition: 4

The author presents a self-assessment writing test and five practice SAT II Writing Tests with explained answers for multiple-choice questions and performance evaluation charts for written essays. There is also a self-scoring guide that reflects SAT II standards for the essay questions. Additional features include a grammar and punctuation review plus advice on style and usage. This updated edition contains more than two dozen student essays, each of them analyzed and scored. And for students taking the new-format SAT, which replaces the old SAT II beginning in Spring 2005, this manual offers detailed advice and practice for the SAT's all-new essay-writing component.

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From the Back Cover

[back cover]


BARRON’S


HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE


SAT II


WRITING


FOURTH EDITION



Choose Barron’s Method for Success on the SAT II Writing Test

Read and understand the overview of this test

Take the self-assessment writing test

Use the self-scoring guide to discover your strengths and weaknesses

Use this book’s punctuation, grammar, and style reviews to improve your skills

Take the book’s practice SAT II Writing Tests

Score your results, and gauge your learning progress

Review the book’s model essays and compare them with your own work



It’s Your Path to a Higher SAT II Writing Score

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 4 edition (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764123467
• ISBN-13: 978-0764123467
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #747,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Needs improved editing, March 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II: Writing (Barrons How to Prepare for the Sat II Writing, ed 2) (Paperback)

Barron's SAT II Writing covers the basic topics on the SAT II. Its essay writing sugesstions are beneficial and useful; however, the five practice tests in the back of the book are flawed. The practice tests contain typos that greatly confuse the reader. In a few cases the book stated the answer as one thing and then had a different answer for the same question in anonther location. After taking the writing test four times (twice on the PSAT and twice on the real SAT II), I feel that many of the practice questions that Barron's offers are not similar to ones found on the test. However, if one really needs help with the SAT II Writing then Barron's will provide limited help; just don't always believe the book is correct. Personally, I prefered Kaplan's guide to the SAT II Writing.

45 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It Should Be Called, "How NOT to Prepare", April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II: Writing (Barrons How to Prepare for the Sat II Writing, ed 2) (Paperback)

I excel in writing and thus was eager to sit for the SAT II subject in writing. I had no preperation and scored a 790. I wanted that 800, so I bought this book. I took the tests in it and found the questions ambiguous and just dumb. My grade fluctuated wildly. This book, as some of my fellow reviewers have said, has bad examples of those problems that appear on the SAT II test.

I SUGGEST THAT YOU NOT BUY THIS BOOK.

An excellent book is the Princeton Review book, "Cracking the SAT II: Writing" also available on Amazon.com

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best review book I have ever read, May 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II: Writing (Barrons How to Prepare for the Sat II Writing, ed 2) (Paperback)

In preparation for all the tests administered by the College Board I'm taking, this book by far has been the most helpful in its category, if not in general. The explanations are very thorough, there are practice and review exercises at the end of every section, and other writing preps written by Peterson, Kaplan, etc. did not even come close to what this book did for me. It gave me a thorough grasp of the grammar and usage concepts tested on the SATII, and helped me write better essays by containing many practice tests with prompts very similar to the one I encountered on the real test. I truly believe this book was a significant factor in me getting an 800 on the SATII. If you only buy one review book, by all means, make this one it.