新SAT作文的考试时间是50分钟，考生先要读完一篇650-750字的文章，文章通常呈现一个观点。

考生在读完这篇文章后需要从证据(evidence), 语言(stylistic and persuasive elements)及推理 (reasoning) 来客观分析这篇文章，写出一篇不少于600字的文章 (尽管OG未明确说明具体字数)。

两位考官从三个方面评分reading, analysis及reading，每位考官每个评分项区间为1-4，因此最终每一项所呈现的分数是2-8. 

1. 可essay分为三大部分，introduction, body paragraph, 和conclusion. 在introduction部分一般需要呈现thesis statement, 根据thesis statement进而将文章发展为3个支撑的body paragraphs.

文章分析问题：  evidence, reasoning, stylistic elements

Introduction: background+ thesis statement

Body1:  Topic sentence + 方法1 +文章中证据 + 对读者的影响+方法2 +文章中证据 + 对读者影响

Body2  Topic sentence + 方法1 +文章中证据 + 对读者的影响+方法2 +文章中证据 + 对读者影响

Body3:  Topic sentence + 方法1 +文章中证据 + 对读者的影响+方法2 +文章中证据 + 对学生影响

Conclusion: restate the thesis (概括更多细节)

值得注意的是根据文章不一样，evidence, reasoning, stylistic elements 可能会去掉某一个，并多剩余2个中的1个点。考生需要真正理解文章的结构，逻辑，段落之间的关系。

2. 学生可根据自己的习惯选择一套自己常用的词句来连接文章。

Example 

Introduction:

In response to our world’s growing reliance on artificial light, writer 

Paul Bogard argues that natural darkness should be preserved in his article “Let 

There Be Dark”. He effectively builds his argument by using a personal anecdote, 

allusions to art and history, and rhetorical questions.

Body paragraph 1:

Bogard starts his article off by recounting a personal 

story – a summer spent on a Minnesota lake where there was “woods so dark that 

his hands disappeared before his eyes”

Body paragraph 2: 

Bogard’s argument is also furthered by his use of 

allusion to …

Body paragraph 3: 

Finally, Bogard makes subtle yet efficient use of  rhetorical questioning to persuade his audience that natural darkness 

preservation is essential.

Conclusion:

Author uses this to build his argument by evoking his audience to think that…