<p>Look on the CollegeBoard website and read all the essays. Try to figure out why they got the scores they did. It takes practice to not get so stuck on what to write. It should only take a few minutes for you to come up with your response with evidence to back it up. Then you can devote the rest of the time to outlining and writing your response. Also, reading newspapers and magazine articles helps a lot on reading comprehension, for obvious reasons.</p>