what should I do to perfect my writing score in the SAT? Is there any recommended book that I should use?

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anonymous · Answer

Here are some examples of readings that you could do to improve your score. If you have any issues with grammar, try buying a grammar and usage workbook and keep practicing! If you have issues with the essay, try to form at least two examples, and make sure you establish REASONS and not just throw in random examples. 


Literary

The World According to Garp (one of my favorite books, works for almost everything)
A Widow for One Year
All the King's Men
Crime and Punishment
Great Expectations
Frankenstein
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
The Scarlet Letter
The Great Gatsby
1984
Brave New World
The Odyssey/The Illiad/The Aeneid
Any Shakespearean tragedy, esp. Hamlet and Macbeth
And if you're truly a kick-retricewriter and want to have some fun... Harry Potter (yes, it can be done)

Historical

French Revolution
American Revolution
Civil War: 54th Regiment (Subject of the film Glory)
Ghandi
Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks, Malcolm X (not MLK!)
Mother Teresa
Harvey Milk
Nixon/Watergate Scandal
Cuban Missile Crisis
Roosevelt/New Deal
Johnson/Great Society
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
WEB DuBois
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia /Hitler's Invasion of Russia
Peter the Great/Modernization of Russia

Scientific

Copernicus
Galileo
Newton
Thomas Edison
The rise of the Internet/Cell Phones
Alexander Fleming/Discovery of Penicillin
Genetic Testing (another example that works for tons of questions)
Genetically Modified Food
Grigori Perelman (recently proved the Poincaré Conjecture) -- really interesting story, great if you're interested in math

Current Events

Obama
Hillary Clinton
Stock Market Crash/Madoff
Japan Nuclear Disaster
Revolution in Egypt
Hurricane Katrina
War in Afghanistan/Iraq (no, you will not penalized for your political views)
AIDS Epidemic
And of course...Reality Television

nowhereman · Answer

You know, SAT is NP-hard (NP-complete actually); 3-SAT still is. But for something easier you could try 2-SAT :-)