<p>skatz, if that essay, well-written, doesn’t receive a 12, i don’t know what will.</p>
<p>needshelp, i’m sure two examples is fine. i’ve even seen examples with one solid example getting a 12.</p>
<p>Do you have to include real life examples?</p>
<p>My photography essay said that photos are true representations of real life, but that great photography allows us to view from a perspective with which we are unfamiliar, and how a skilled photographer can use the various tools at his disposal to evoke a number of different emotions in a viewer, much like an artist would. I then went on to describe the different ways a photographer could use his craft on a hummingbird, or a waterfall, to evoke different emotional responses from his viewer. I used a lot of vivid imagery to describe these scenes.</p>
<p>Does such an essay have a ceiling of a 12, or am I doomed because I didn’t mention famous photographs / photos I have seen / taken in the past?</p>
<p>Can somebody please let me know if they think my essay will get a 0? Thanks.
I don’t think it’s necessarily off topic, I just don’t think it answers the question well enough, or very well at all for that matter…it’s not that I misinterpreted the prompt exactly, it’s just that I get so stressed when I have such a short period of time to write the essay (as I’m sure everyone else does), and that I did not have a sufficient number of examples. I actually could not think of anything to write; I hardly watch television and I couldn’t think of any personal examples or movies, books, etc.</p>
<p>So, I chose to write about two books, but rather than saying how these two books affect OUR society, I wrote about the societies within these books and how they are affected by the media and those around them.</p>
<p>The two book examples that I used were 1984 by George Orwell, and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. For 1984, I used the evidence that Big Brother and the government used methods (such as the media) to brainwash society, trying to show them what their society should be. I said that the media was displaying ‘reality’ by informing the society of what was going on around them and what their society should be like. Then, I said that this negatively affected the society because they became brainwashed into thinking that should become this perfect society.</p>
<p>For Persepolis, I said that the people in the country, Marjane especially, wanted their society to be ruled a certain way and wanted to defeat other countries (this example is sort of like the 1984 one, I know). The radio, television, and other forms of media convinced society to want to be a certain way. Marjane, the main character, was influenced by the media and participated in rallies at a very young age, although she was not entirely informed of what was going on. I said that this sort of “reality” being portrayed by the media corrupted Marjane and her society.</p>
<p>I think these examples are a little far off from what the prompt was looking for, but hopefully I supported them well enough to prove my point. I hope it won’t get a 0, but I doubt it will get a very high score either…</p>
<p>Can ANYONE tell me if they think this will get a zero? Please. Just let me know what you think this will get, and if you think I should cancel my scores or not.</p>
<p>The correct idiom is “known to” and not “known by.”</p>
<p>@tothemoon, no don’t cancel if you did well on the other parts. First, your examples are valid “so called reality entertainment,” second, no matter what other people tell you, the writing section DOESN"T matter that much anyway. Its so arbitray and nit-picking. Seriously, knowing some arcane grammar rules that people dont even care about any more doesnt show much. And an essay written in 25 minutes is total bs (what i did). Most importantly, both prompt this month were biased and too specific. Who cares about art and tv? I really wish the SAT were still out of 1600. Collegeboard sucks and you know it. But still, i hope they give me at least a 10 on the freakin essay…</p>
<p>For the essay, I said it depends on the content of the reality show. I said Jersey Shore would be harmful because of how it shows bad actions and whatever without consequences. And, even though I don’t know much about the show, I said Survivor was a beneficial one because it shows how people cope with difficult situations and provides lessons that viewers can learn from. </p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>i dont know man you are straddling the fence here…but if you wrote it like real good, then i dont see how that wont work.</p>
<p>just curious, what do you mean by straddling the fence? straddling the fence for whether or not i get a decent score, or what?</p>
<p>meaning that you didnt necessarily pick a stance on whether reality entertainment is good or bad. But i definetly think its a valid point you made. Did you write it like really well? Like variety of sentences and other bs? I want to vomit when i see people writing: “So IN CONCLUSION…” or “First of all…second of all…then lastly” it seems so elementary.</p>
<p>If I didn’t mention reality television, would I receive a 0?</p>
<p>I mentioned The Truman Show, though…(great movie btw you all should watch it) and Scarlet Letter. I stated that the Truman Show manipulated Truman…and the Scarlet Letter: appearances vs. reality.</p>
<p>basically, i started out saying that it’s often argued whether reality entertainment is harmful or helpful, but a definite stance can’t really be taken that encompasses all of reality entertainment. i then said whether it’s helpful or harmful depends on the content of the show, and introduced jersey shore and survivor as the two different examples. i filled up the two pages completely and, yeah, i made sure my sentences had variety. i watched for grammar too, though i couldn’t thoroughly read over it.</p>
<p>in january i had a complete bs personal example that was completely made up and quite basic. but i still got a 10, so i feel pretty good about this. darn collegeconfidential makes me question everything about my performance on this test, hahahaha.</p>
<p>The Truman show is a discourse on reality TV… that’s pretty relevant.</p>
<p>@rover, you are definitely getting a 12.</p>
<p>thanks, andrewsun. keeping my fingers crossed. 17 more days…</p>
<p>@andrewsun1994, thank you so much! Everyone has been giving me negative feedback on my essay lol, but I have found at least 3 others who used 1984 as an example…I don’t know. Even so, I think I did pretty well on the writing aside from the essay, so it’s not like I’ll get an absolute zero on the writing overall. I don’t know how the essay factors into the writing score really, but whatever. I’ll just see how it goes, and hopefully I won’t get a zero on the essay. Even if I do, I was going to retake in May anyway…so, we’ll jsut see how it goes! Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>You don’t need to mention reality entertainment at all to get a 12. You can just mention how it’s harmful because it presents the classic contradiction of appearance vs. reality, and then go on to mention literary examples that show how this contradiction can be harmful. You just need to connect themes because you just need to explain your reasoning as to why it’s harmful/beneficial. You do not need to cite specific examples.</p>
<p>Wow that just made so much sense I wish I had done that… I ended up making up a story about a friend who benefited from watching The Biggest Loser lol</p>
<p>Not to necro the plant question, but I emailed my English teacher on what his thoughts on “than do” were, and he believes it’s the error.</p>
<p>^Why would that be an error?</p>
<p>yeah i don’t get why. i think its fine the way it is.</p>