Winning Strategies For ACT Essay Writing: With 15 Sample Prompts

This guidebook will help you to: • Analyze each prompt • Plan the essay carefully • Make a compelling argument • Use the allotted time effectively • Evaluate sample essays • Increase your confidence This guidebook offers step-by-step, proven strategies for crafting a winning ACT essay. It includes suggestions for approaching the writing task, analyzing the issues presented, and managing time effectively. The book contains fifteen sample prompts using the exact same format as the official ACT tests. Each prompt includes a sample pro/con chart so students can learn to carefully plan and organize the essay before writing. Additionally, this book describes techniques to think through, outline, and write an engaging introduction, impressive supporting paragraphs, and powerful conclusion. There are recommendations for selecting a point of view and using solid evidence to support the argument. Additionally, there is a discussion of the ACT scoring rubric and reasons for taking the essay portion. Winning Strategies For ACT Essay Writing: With 15 Sample Prompts is suitable for use with or without a tutor. By reading and practicing with this text, students will gain the tools and confidence to write a high scoring essay. More about this book: This guidebook is designed to prepare you to write the ACT argumentative essay. On the test, you will read about a social issue and be given three different perspectives on the topic. Your task is to evaluate the perspectives and write a well-organized analytical argument. You may agree with one point of view or synthesize multiple views. The position you choose must be supported with relevant, well-reasoned evidence. This book offers step-by-step recommendations on the entire writing process - from approaching the prompt to planning the essay to writing the final product. It includes sample outlines of potential essays as well as a chart for each prompt to help students learn to address the varied perspectives. The 15 sample prompts will give you practical experience in applying the strategies to write a winning ACT essay.