钟莉（Chirsty L. zhong），北京外国语大学英语语言文学硕士，SAT英文教育专家，加拿大BC省翻译协会会员，常春藤100教育全职专业SAT英文教师。在中国和北美地区从事英语语言教学十余年，对东西方教学理念及应试模式有深刻的了解。著有：《弗朗茨·舒伯特及其时代》、《克莱普纳广告教程》等。

《SAT作文:你也可以拿满分》是美国名校入学考试指导系列之一。该书详细阐述了SAT作文写作技巧，提供了充实的各类论证素材，并通过作文点评解读获取高分的技巧，是不可多得的英语备考教材与读物。
SAT的作文考试通过测试学生的语言掌握及运用能力，考查学生的逻辑推理与思维能力。《SAT作文:你也可以拿满分》不仅针对考试，详解SAT作文的写作技巧，还在行文中提示学生培养良好的阅读习惯和思维习惯，让学生在提升成绩的同时，养成良好的写作习惯。

Chapter I SAT Essay Overview What you need to know before you write Who are the readers? How are the essays graded? What are the scoring criteria?Chapter II 7 Tips to Know for Maximizing Your Score Tip one: Attitude decides everything-be positive over negative Tip two: Cultivate good reading habits-take notes while reading Tip three: Examples, examples and examples-make a summary of example resource Tip four: Write long-one and a half pages at least Tip five: Use big words-don't go overwhelmed Tip six: be direct-avoid wordiness Tip seven: Entertain your reader-add fun to your essayChapter III 8 Steps for Writing a Good Essay Step one: Decide your position-read the prompt carefully Step two: Find examples-two examples are fine, too Step three: Write introductory paragraph-state yourposition Step four: Begin the body-use examples to support your positionStep five: Write the conclusion-you must close Step six: Show variety in sentence structure Step seven: Diversity in word choice Step eight: Check and polish-revise for grammatical and writing faultsChapter IV Writing Essays Practice How to use the practice essays Practice Essay 1 Practice Essay 2 Practice Essay 3 Practice Essay 4 Practice Essay 5 Practice Essay 6 Practice Essay 7Chapter V 9 SAT Essay Topics and Essay Sample Explanation Section I: Modern Society Issues Section II: Technology "Advancement" Section III: Media and information Section IV: Individuality and group Section V: Honesty Section VI: Education and knowledge Section VII: Success and adversity Section VIII: Making decisions Section IX: OthersChapter VI Example Sources for SAT Section I: Law of life Section II: Historical documents and speeches Section III: Philosophers and thinkers Section IV: Artists Section V: Authors Section VI: Humanitarians Section VII: Scientists and inventors Section VIII: Leaders Section IX: BusinessmenChapter VII Quotes and Proverbs Education Life Virtue Adversity and failure Aim and success Knowledge Teamwork