<p>Ii know you can make up fake examples to use in your essay, but I'm not sure exactly what this means. Does it mean that you can fake experiences you've had, or can you also fake books and movies? Say I want to quote literature but I can't think of a book, can I make one up? It doesn't sound right. </p>
<p>And if I can, do examiners look down upon making up fake books? </p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>Examiners do look down on it, but they don’t have the time to factcheck everything, and they’re technically not allowed to mark you down for false information. </p>
<p>If this is your plan, you need to make sure your fake examples are very realistic. I would suggest using this as a backup. I’m a little comforted by the possibility of doing this, but usually I just twist the facts a little of one of my memorized examples to fit the thesis, rather than making up a book. It takes time to make up a believable story.</p>
<p>Remember that the readers are not historians or anything… so they may not have much knowledge in the area of historic examples… but maybe in literature. You can twist a few things up as said above such as quotes… who would remember them anyways (with all the other essays to read)?</p>
<p>They are <em>technically</em> not allowed to mark you down based on facts. But just don’t use obvious fake examples (like making up facts about a well known event/book). I did that and got a 10 :(</p>
<p>it was otherwise a very good essay.</p>
<p>For my ACT essay, I used fake personal examples, a fake author, and a fake quote. I got a 10 :)</p>