一：妙语。依据给出的题目和自己选择的一方，以不超过五个词，表达自己的看法。其作用是从第一句就抓住考官的注意。例：Books are extraneous.
二：以自己的话，重新断定给出的题目。例：The ability to read has always been regarded as the key to power and wealth.
三：论点。表达自己的看法(正/反)，并简单的概括论证，不要谈到细节。
三部分连起来，就有了开端：
Books are extraneous. The ability to read has always been regarded as the key to power and wealth. However, literacy is not actually the cornerstone to success. Illiterate people have succeeded both in literature, as in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and in history, as in the case of Mao Tze-Tung, who led China to independence.
接下来两段，分别要交待两个论证，并且解释它们为什么支持论点，这种写法叫做PEE—Point(主题句)，Evidence(证据)，Explanation(解释)。
其实，SAT作文题的事实是，考官并不管你对历史、文学有多了解，或者所掌握的知识有多少是正确的。其实，只要选择的论证是在世界文学或历史中有重大含义的，那么在细节方面，考生是几乎可以随意改写的。
写SAT作文开头是一件有技巧的事情，开头如果写得好，会很容易就吸引评分老师的眼球，使得他对整篇文章有一个好的印象，所以建议大家一定要抓住SAT作文开头的三个部分。多总结SAT写作例子。
