大家在寫作的時候，有的同學習慣使用一些例如 ugly as sin, pretty as a picture之類的詞匯。在這里，建議大家不要使用這類詞匯。因為在使用這些詞匯的時候，會給讀者一種陳詞濫調，平淡無味的感覺，更有可能使讀者誤會你本身的意思。尤其是在SAT寫作考試當中使用。

　　以下列出的詞匯，請大家盡量不要在寫作中使用;

　　例1;I was shaking in my boots before the interview, but I was happy as a lark when the personnel manager offered me the job.

　　Improved: I was terrified before the interview, but I was ecstatic when the personnel manager offered me the job.

　　例2;Whether the author really believed what he wrote was the sixty-four dollar question.

　　Improved: whether the author really believed what he wrote was difficult to determine from the answers he gave the interviewer.