<p>So far, all my SAT Essays employed false historical/literary/film examples. I've had many people on CC grade them, and I've scored atleast a 10+ on every one of them. </p>
<p>Contrived examples are flexible, entertaining to make up, and best of all, it saves you time as you do not have to spend hours and hours memorizing 55 other real examples. </p>
<p>My enquiry to the community regards the use of these fatuous examples: is it legal to employ such false evidence? By legal, I mean do they mark you off if they see that the example does not exist? There's nothing on the SAT that says you can't derive false examples, right?</p>
<p>If anyone has actually used false examples on the real SAT before, please tell me how it went.</p>
<p>It’s fine…especially personal examples. But making up books is fine too. I didn’t do it but I know it’s alright. Just don’t say something outlandish like, “The Lord of the Flies, by Ernest Hemingway, is a story about internal strife in the fruit fly community for power of the kingdom.”</p>
<p>I used false quotes on the ACT before, using obscure Nobel Prize winners to back up my points regarding the state of education, and got a 12.</p>
<p>How do you do it though? How to you think of a fake example that completely and thoroughly backs up your point of view? I’m having trouble trying to make up amazing examples…how do you guys mold your fake example to completely fit your topic and make it as best as possible?</p>
<p>To answer the OP:
It is morally wrong to generate facts, but expedient to do it in the SAT essay, if you are really out of choice. Reason: The essay examiner will have about two minutes to skim through your essay and grade you a figure out of five. He or she will be only paid to the aforementioned task. He or she shall not receive any extra credit, of googling your facts. This is however, is not to say that he or she cannot deduct score. Very unlikely, but the possibility cannot be ruled out. He/she might just be in a very bad mood, or just had a quarrel with his wife, and might want to take it out on ‘someone’. “Schadenfreude”. </p>
<p>Very unlikely, though. At least I don’t know anyone, who’s had a low score because of employing specious examples.</p>