  This paper introduces a novel paradigm for constructing linearly implicit and
high-order unconditionally energy-stable schemes for general gradient flows,
utilizing the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach and the additive
Runge-Kutta (ARK) methods. We provide a rigorous proof of energy stability,
unique solvability, and convergence. The proposed schemes generalizes some
recently developed high-order, energy-stable schemes and address their
shortcomings.
  On the one other hand, the proposed schemes can incorporate existing SAV-RK
type methods after judiciously selecting the Butcher tables of ARK methods
\cite{sav_li,sav_nlsw}. The order of a SAV-RKPC method can thus be confirmed
theoretically by the order conditions of the corresponding ARK method. Several
new schemes are constructed based on our framework, which perform to be more
stable than existing SAV-RK type methods. On the other hand, the proposed
schemes do not limit to a specific form of the nonlinear part of the free
energy and can achieve high order with fewer intermediate stages compared to
the convex splitting ARK methods \cite{csrk}.
  Numerical experiments demonstrate stability and efficiency of proposed
schemes.
