<p>Were we supposed to pick one side and argue it as if it was an SAT 1 Essay section or should we have come up with arguments for both sides?</p>
<p>I completely messed up on that essay too. I’m expecting a 4 on that essay. :/</p>
<p>You could do either way. The relationship between the two could be that one is more important, so you can either argue for one or take the midway, just like any other essay =)</p>
<p>I have never hated an essay topic like this one!
I had no idea what to do, so i just winged it hahahaha. Expecting a 4-5 Lol.</p>
<p>I was one of the people that took the midway and explained the weaknesses in the extremes and how they counteract each other 
My examples were bad though. They fit, but they could have been better. Expecting 6-8? I’m not really sure how harshly these essays are graded anyway.</p>
<p>Guys uh is it bad if I wrote TE word “prostitute” only essay lol bc my example was dr house and I mentioned a detail about how he called a prostitute to help with a diagnosis is that bad…</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with saying prostitute.</p>
<p>@Modern: It’s probably fine in that context and LOL House XD. I used “middle-finger” in mine ^_^</p>
<p>Now that the mention of prostitutes is fine, what about if i put a person example that involved religion…?</p>
<p>HAHA ok thanks guys was really worried there for a second</p>
<p>Anything is fair game so long as you don’t use slang or swear words and such(unless you’re doing something specific to that type of language). However, I’m not a big fan of using sitcoms or movies to support an argumentative essay. It may not come off as very strong to the reader either.</p>
<p>Guys, as long as your context is relevant and you’re not going out of your way to use inappropriate content you should be fine xD</p>
<p>@Jordan: That includes religion =) No worries.</p>
<p>I definitely took the easy road and argued for the necessity of both. but yeah, this prompt… smh.</p>
<p>Ummm, I wrote a TERRIBLE essay. I was tired and didn’t know how to address the prompt… I ended up following the life of a child through adolescence to adulthood. It was complete crap. I talked about how children are taught certainty (i.e. confidence in themselves) and how this confidence is important. Then I talked about how in adolescence you begin to question life. My syntax… “Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. All are subjected to uncertainty. Questioning.” I thought, at the time, that I was being dramatic. Now it just sounds stupid… haha. THEN I concluded by saying maturity and adulthood was reached when this “once-upon a time-child once-upon-a-time-cynic” developed the ability to unite the dichotomy. Both certainty and doubt are equally important for progression in the “pursuit we so affectionately call life”. </p>
<p>It will depend entirely on the grader…</p>
<p>My mind went completely blank and the first thing I could think to write about was Tiger Woods. I hope I get points for the lulz or something :p</p>
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<p>i used like Chris McCandless, Tim O’ Brien, and college students changing their major and said they travel with a sense of doubt. </p>
<p>My brain was dead! So all my sentences were completly vague</p>
<p>My essay was absolutely horrible. I somehow ended up basing it off of the saying “All is fair in love and war” and talking about how in both situation people are overly confident. My main examples were the Civil War and Kim Kardashian’s wedding. By that point in the test, I just couldn’t write a solid essay. Basically, it was a hot mess. I’m counting on a great MC score and solid first two essays to get me a 4 or 5.</p>
<p>I drew up completely blank… I honestly didn’t even know what they were asking me to “argue”. So I talked about both, and then went on to say it’s beneficial to balance the two. Lol, I used Shakespeare and this random scenario about a hiker crossing a bridge. I feel like my writing was dripping with sarcasm too, since by question 3 I was so over the whole exam.
If I can get a 5-6 I will be eternally grateful.</p>
<p>Oh I mentioned David Hume and used the phrase “epistemological quandary” so I’m getting a 9 on that.</p>
<p>guys can someone here answer a question i had about the second question? what if i said “invection” instead of “invective” as a rhetorical device in portraying the speaker’s harsh attitude. in other words, do the graders care if you mispelled a rhetorical device if it seems like you have the general idea of what word you were looking for and used it properly? </p>
<p>as for this third essay, i stuck towards the second view and went on to say that being c****** prevents learning and led to the ultimate downfall of many people like Napolean Bonaparte. I also said that if Columbus didn’t have a d**** about a faster path to india across the atlantic and stuck to the c*** that going around africa was the best way, it is likely that the americas would have been discovered much later. just my two cents on that essay.</p>