要点10：在文章中做些涂抹不会影响分数
作者在前面已提到SAT作文是一草稿文章，所以是允许个别涂抹，勾划的。甚至划掉一两行也无妨，只是要注意不要使得文章变得难读懂了。这样做既不丢分，又可节省时间，可谓一举两得。 五、SAT作文例子
下面是2006年10月的SAT考试中的一个作文题目和一个考生答卷的影印件，该文得了8分。通过这个作文题和一个普通考生的答卷，作者希望读者对SAT作文有一个初步的感觉和一个基本的认识。为了保留原始模样，作者在此不给出汉语翻译。 作文题目： ESSAY PROMPT
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below:
There are two kinds of pretending. There is the bad kind, as when a person falsely promises to be your friend. But there is also a good kind, where the pretense eventually turns into the real thing. For example, when you are not feeling particularly friendly, the best thing you can do, very often, is to act in a friendly manner. In a few minutes, you may really be feeling friendlier. Adapted from a book by C.S. Lewis
Assignment: Can deception--pretending that something is true when it is not--sometimes have good results? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations。