Is there any specific format of the ACT writing section that is good to follow?
I’m struggling with where they want all perspectives to be included, do they want the perspecives to be what you use to back up your opinion or do they want you to use outside information for reasons for your opinion?
Thanks!
I got almost a perfect score in writing( I don’t know how ha). But I think using outside FACTS/STATS to support your perspective is what really helps your score. I usually do an intro then a thesis where I make sure that it is very very clear what side I am taking. A lot of people don’t take a firm stance and that’s where things get confusing for the reader. Don’t contradict yourself- it’s more common then you think. I don’t really use the perspectives to backup my opinion because they are just perspectives so it’s not really concrete. So let’s say you are writing about school uniforms and you want to say that you think they should be allowed. Perspective 1: ban them because they are not expressive, P2: keep them as students need to be more modest. So in your first paragraph you say as perspective 2 expresses uniforms hep maintain modestly on campus. Then I would go onto EXPLAIN the ways in which uniforms do this and how it positively impacts students. I would use 2 of the perspectives to directly support my answer, then I would use the 3rd as a counter argument. For example; although the 3rd perspective claims that uniforms hurt the students personal expression, they actually allow students to be more themselves(idk I just made that up ha). Then I would go onto explain why this is the case. Finally somewhere in one of my paragraphs I would include a concrete outside example or stat, such as studies prove that 80% of students saw an increase in grades as a result of uniforms, or just something that directly supports my argument that I’m trying to make in relation to the single perspective. Sorry this might be long and confusing but hopefully it helps!!