<p>Okay I got the Barron's Workbook for the NEW SAT Writing. It's pretty good, but there's this one thing it try to stress, about narrowing the "topic" for the essay that i didn't quite get. What i don't get is isn't the prompt narrow enough? you either answer agree/disagree or yes/no, then support it with two points demonstrated by 2 examples (more if you write fast, but i don't). Anyone else has the book? or maybe willing to help me (i can post summary of that chapter)?</p>
<p>By my understanding, it's saying to be specific in your argument instead of being vague. I haven't used the workbook but I believe you have it right.</p>
<p>I have the Barron's Writing Workbook and it clearly states to narrow the prompt to a very specific topic and to use critical thinking to back it up. The prompts are normally very large and they simply want you to shrink the breadth of the prompt and increase the depth.</p>