What are some strategies I can use while writing the SAT essay?
You want to write a four or five paragraph essay with the first paragraph very clearly your introductory paragraph making sure it has a clear thesis statement. Your last paragraph should be your concluding paragraph and then you want to have two to three paragraphs that are body paragraphs, each devoted to a specific example. An example from history, literature, current events or personal experience. I suggest going into the test with a bank of several literature examples, several history examples, several current event examples so that depending on what question they ask you on the essay prompt, you can just select the two or three most appropriate topics or examples for your essay. In addition, you want to write neatly. The readers of the essay are only human, so if they can not read it, they're not going to give you a very good score. Furthermore, you want to use some fairly sophisticated vocabulary. Some good SAT words. As long as you use them appropriately. You want to keep sentence structure at a fairly elevated level. If you write a well organized, and neat essay, you really can't lose.