<p>hey peeps.
isnt it TOO common to quote/take examples from some novel (such as scarlett letter) or some common history event, which pretty much all the SAT-takers do? does taking examples from common stuff affect the scores? or should one give some STRONG yet uncommon examples (or make em up for that matter?) ?
what exactly do the examiners look for in a essay?(except how well u can write, using SAT words efficiently?)
i hope u get the question?! atm, am too confused to even type the query out making sense?!
thanks! :)</p>
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<p>Students can’t answer that question for you.</p>
<p>The challenge in the essay is to develop a convincing and logical argument for the thesis. My observation in many essays posted on CC is that very often the “examples” don’t connect with the thesis. When a book like the Scarlet Letter is used as the basis of an example I often see that the writer does little else than provide a brief summary of the story, and then declares that this summary somehow proves the thesis. This leads to (at best) to a grade of “8”. I’ve seen this same approach used with less known books. But the effect is the same. The thesis is not addressed, and the grade is low.</p>
<p>For your examples, focus on the thesis. If the thesis is something like “successful people learn from their mistakes, and their success is a function of their ability to do that”, then address that. If you pick the Scarlet Letter as the basis for an example, make sure you identify the “mistake” and “why” it was a mistake (in the context of the society/environment/etc.). Make sure you convincingly show that the character “learned”. What would have been the “consequences” had the character not “learned”. Then provide proof that the character became “stronger” and “thrived”.</p>
<p>So the short answer to your question is to pick as a source for examples books, events, etc. that you know well. Don’t worry if everyone else does the same. The difference that matters is how you use the examples to prove the thesis – and how well you write.</p>
<p>thanks! :)</p>
<p>I used Ursula Le Guin’s story as my first example and Gaddafi as my second example on the last SAT and got an 800 in writing.
Two examples works if you really do a thorough explanation of them and draw it all together.</p>
<p>ok, essay query again… what type of examples do u give for essay thesis like “orignality is praise more than conformity” and like "do people put too much importance on getting every detail right on their project/task "?! what type of examples do one use for the philosophical kinda essays where one cant just use much examples?!</p>
<p>“Throughout history numerous individuals have demonstrated the importance of attention to detail.”
Simple and straightforward thesis.</p>