Alp Orgundur Lynn M. Raymond UWRT 1103, & September 2015 The Standandized Test That Opened my Eyes Iisa common practice for a student to improve his or her writing skills over the course Of their life. While everyone natural achieves this objective, everyone has a different method of ‘achieving this goal, Believe it or not, the resource that ultimately improved my writing skills was the SAT. The SAT improved my literature skills by: raising my standards in literature composition, lear new writing techniques to better improve the kinds of writings I would encounter, and encouraged me to read articles and books to compose new examples. “The SAT Writing section isa two-part category that tests the users ability to write and correct grammatical eros. The essay section in particular included a grading system whereby the student would ty to make a six out of six, the highest score possible. Naturally with my mnorant mentally, attempted to take the test withoat any regards as how difficult the exam may be, feared a two out of sx the firs time I 100k it, which obviously disturbed me, Asa result, raised my standards exponentially to achieve the highest score possibly I read moreartices,((L f * took more practice exams, and improved my writing skills over the course of four months. pas 7 massive improvement in comparison to the two out of five Tamed four months age. po‘One tip of writing that I earned over the course of my siudies was that the graders were from different parts of the world. As a result, their philosophies may be different from one another. This tip was very usefil in my studies, as I thought of new and unique writing styles that would be beneficial to most English teachers, At first, I believed that providing examples about ‘my personal life and national conflicts would be sufficient. Unfortunately, while I did learn that 7 plu. ‘was not the best strategy} AS a resi, I thought of a modified version of my old technique, Instead of limiting myself to two kinds of examples, I would write three examples instead. One being about scientific calculations and statistics for math oriented teachers, the second being about philosophy and articles for English-oriented teachers, and the thitd discussing a personal story to further strengthen my argument. This technique was far more effective than the first method, and as.a result, I eared a five out of six. l In order to create an effective essay, I had to have feasible examples that was not only relevant to the subject, but provided valuable information that supported my argument, Before iy four-month study session, my knowledge prior tothe events that occurred around me and even my personal information was limited to me. As a result, it was near impossible to create feasible examples that would qualify as “good” on the SAT. After realizing my lack of read move articles and books to improve my ability to think of examples over the 1 course of four months, Doing this allowed me to think of examples that can meet the standards | knowledge, I listed in paragraph two, . : Ultimately without the SAT, my ability to compose good literate essays grew exponentially. | am certain that my writing stills will continse to grow as long as I veadfiequently and continue to ensure that my grammatical kills are up to par to that of my classmates