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3.1: Introduction to the Writing Section

Difficulty Level: At Grade Created by: CK-12

The SAT allots 60 \ \text{minutes} in total for the writing section. The writing section of the SAT consists of an essay and three types of multiple-choice questions:

  1. The Essay
  2. Identifying the Error
  3. Improving Sentences
  4. Improving Paragraphs

You have 25 \ \text{minutes} for the essay, and two sections are split between 25 (35 questions) and 10 \ \text{minutes} (14 questions).

In total, the writing section consists of 73 raw marks that are used to determine your scaled score of 200-800 points. The essay accounts for 24 points (practically a third of your writing score), and the remaining 49 points are decided by the three multiple choice sections. Here is the distribution of raw marks:

  1. The Essay (24 raw marks; two scorers provide a score between 1-6 and this sum is doubled)
  2. Identifying the Error (18 raw marks)
  3. Improving Sentences (25 raw marks)
  4. Improving Paragraphs (6 raw marks)



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