<p>In the Princeton Review book, it says that I should create examples/connections to support my argument on the essay... I find this REALLY hard...</p>
<p>Could you give me some ideas?
Also, what was your essay topic?
In the practice tests, I get proverbs I don't understand at all! :(</p>
<p>SSAT essay topics generally aren’t really that hard to support. Just try to find some examples from experience, or write about some current event issues. I’m sure they don’t repeat topics, but mine was something like: how you say something is more important than what you say.</p>
<p>I think an examples from literature or history is better than from experiences…just saying=D</p>
<p>Princeton Review gave good advice…usually if you can think of a few general support topics beforehand, you can almost always twist them to fit the particular prompt you’ve been given. That being said, I think (I haven’t really looked into the SSAT essays yet - which I really should soon) on the SATS (do they do similar prompts?) they generally are looking for a well-organized 4-5 paragraph essay. That means 2-3 examples, with a strong opening and closing paragraph.<br>
There are three different ways you can support you responses:
(1) prompt to self - this is probably the least sophisticated of the methods, but one of the easiest to understand. For example, if the prompt asked you about your position on deadlines, you could write about an experience you had when having the deadline helped/hindered you performance. It’s harder to think of general “self” examples, because you may just not have had experience with the matter in the prompt.<br>
(2) prompt to literature - i think that schools really like this because they can find out what your reading and how much you are grasping from a novel. To do this, think of a book that you’ve read recently that is pretty well known (this will prevent you from tediously explaining the book in the essay) and that is relatively difficulty, one that you would be proud of sharing. (ex. Jane Eyre) There are usually many big themes in one book, so think about the big ones and how you could relate in an essay. Use books you’ve read in class as these are probably what you have best analyzed and thus have a better understanding of.
(3) prompt to world - Current events or history are great examples. Choose a topic that you’re pretty informed on. Because schools will be reading this, they will not only be looking at your writing style but your knowledge. don’t give false information on the Holocaust, for instance. Let’s say you have a prompt, “each new success leads to more difficult problems”. Think about inventions and innovations that have developed in the world. For instance, the car. Isn’t the car now a huge factor in global warming?</p>
<p>When writing an essay, try to use one from each support category. Don’t use two “literature” or two “worlds” unless you have a really good example. As for help with proverbs, try finding some on the internet and analyzing them with a another person for added insight. This helped me a lot. Even if the proverbs you find are not on the test, you’ll be prepared at how to go about analyzing them and relating them. Hope this helps! Good Luck!</p>
<p>What was your topic?
also do you have ideas of examples??</p>
<p>wow. very informative!</p>