Essay Writing
History
Themes
To Build A Fire
SAT Skills
100
The first Letter in the acronym that is essential to essay writing.

What is P for Point?

100

Abraham Lincolns controversial document that changed American history. 

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

100

The central idea or insight about life. 

What is Theme?
100

We all have goals and the journey may be difficult, our character had a single goal in mind. 

What is THE BOYS?

100
When taking the SAT, reading the passage is essential to answering that questions but it is not the first thing that needs to be done. 

What is reading the questions? 

200

In keeping things professional, this must be avoided at all costs when writing a persuasive essays.

What is speaking in first person? 
200

This person fought for slaves with all he had because he experienced it first hand. 

Who is Fredrick Douglas? 

200

A generalization about life or human nature that are common to all people everywhere.

What is a Universal Theme? 

200

Life can be hard and this genre in writing attempts to portray reality. 

What is Realism?

200

Some answers sound correct others are correct, only one thing separates them.

What is textual evidence? 

300

We all have them, but when writing an essay the reader only needs the revelation. 

What is asking a question? 
300

The founding document of the United States of America.

What is the Constitution?

300

This book has many themes but one of them is that courage must be summoned. 

What is Harry Potter?

300

This time period brought the literary movements this story was inspired by. 

What is the Gilded Age? 

300

Finding the correct answer can be difficult but this is much easier. 

What is eliminating incorrect answers?

400
This above all else proves you are an impartial judge of an argument. 

What is a counterclaim and rebuttal? 

400

This document alludes to a keystone document that America is built on and exposes its hypocrisy. 

What is the Declaration of Sentiments?

400
Without a theme some would say this would not exist. 

What is a story? 

400

The idea or belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe. 

What is Naturalism?

400

Things take time but when taking the SAT time is fleeting. So we answer what we can. We do this when we cannot. 

What is skipping what we do not know and returning later?

500

This acronym is essential to all body paragraphs but the acronym is just as important as what it stands for. 

What is P.E.E.L? Point, Evidence, Evaluation and Link.

500

Staying the same is easy, fighting for change is hard. These individuals dedicated their lives to freedom. 

Who is Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Fredrick Douglas?

500

These three are essential when finding the theme.

What is Conflict, Character and Revelations?

500
As someone who experienced the Yukon Trail for himself when participating in the Klondike Goldrush, he has experienced this story first hand. 

Who is Jack London? 

500
In the past this was discouraged but in the SAT's newest format you must always do this. 

What is answering all the questions?