《SAT作文:你也可以拿满分》由钟莉编著，是美国名校入学考试指导系列之一。该书详细阐述了SAT作文写作技巧，提供了充实的各类论证素材，并通过作文点评解读获取高分的技巧，是不可多得的英语备考教材与读物。

SAT的作文考试通过测试学生的语言掌握及运用能力，考查学生的逻辑推理与思维能力。《SAT作文:你也可以拿满分》不仅针对考试，详解SAT作文的写作技巧，还在行文中提示学生培养良好的阅读习惯和思维习惯，让学生在提升成绩的同时，养成良好的写作习惯。

Chapter I SAT Essay Overview

 What you need to know before you write

 Who are the readers?

 How are the essays graded?

 What are the scoring criteria?

Chapter II 7 Tips to Know for Maximizing Your Score

 Tip one: Attitude decides everything-be positive over negative

 Tip two: Cultivate good reading habits-take notes while reading

 Tip three: Examples, examples and examples-make a summary of example resource

 Tip four: Write long-one and a half pages at least

 Tip five: Use big words-don't go overwhelmed

 Tip six: be direct-avoid wordiness

 Tip seven: Entertain your reader-add fun to your essay

Chapter III 8 Steps for Writing a Good Essay

 Step one: Decide your position-read the prompt carefully

 Step two: Find examples-two examples are fine, too

 Step three: Write introductory paragraph-state yourposition

 Step four: Begin the body-use examples to support your positionStep five: Write the conclusion-you must close

 Step six: Show variety in sentence structure

 Step seven: Diversity in word choice

 Step eight: Check and polish-revise for grammatical and writing faults

Chapter IV Writing Essays Practice

 How to use the practice essays

 Practice Essay 1

 Practice Essay 2

 Practice Essay 3

 Practice Essay 4

 Practice Essay 5

 Practice Essay 6

 Practice Essay 7

Chapter V 9 SAT Essay Topics and Essay Sample Explanation

 Section I: Modern Society Issues

 Section II: Technology "Advancement"

 Section III: Media and information

 Section IV: Individuality and group

 Section V: Honesty

 Section VI: Education and knowledge

 Section VII: Success and adversity

 Section VIII: Making decisions

 Section IX: Others

Chapter VI Example Sources for SAT

 Section I: Law of life

 Section II: Historical documents and speeches

 Section III: Philosophers and thinkers

 Section IV: Artists

 Section V: Authors

 Section VI: Humanitarians

 Section VII: Scientists and inventors

 Section VIII: Leaders

 Section IX: Businessmen

Chapter VII Quotes and Proverbs

 Education

 Life

 Virtue

 Adversity and failure

 Aim and success

 Knowledge

 Teamwork