<p>So, long story short, when I was doing the writing portion today, I actually ran out of time write after wrapping up my second body paragraph and didn't have time to write any sort of conclusion whatsoever. I made good, logical arguments that were well-organized, but I didn't have a conclusion at all. Will this torpedo my score and cause me to get a 6, or do I still have hope for something within the 8-10 range?</p>
<p>I had an intro, a long body paragraph, and a short body paragraph.</p>
<p>Can’t help you out with that because it was my first time taking the ACT too but
Same here ahahah ;;
Spent too long on intro and body paragraphs, ended up running out of time in the middle of my rebuttal paragraph before conclusion.
Does anybody know what are chances are now for scores? </p>
<p>My long body paragraph also functions as a rebuttal paragraph in a way, but it’s actually what I mainly focused my essay around. Hopefully, that’ll score me some points. I just realized that, so I feel a bit better now, but still.</p>
<p>Never skip the conclusion. It’s essential you use it as a call to action so that the reader knows you’re writing is strong. Not only should it be a restatement of a thesis, but a clever one as well.</p>
<p>You’re suppose to have three body paragraphs, and a conclusion is extremely essential because readers like to see that you can manage your time properly to fully complete your essay. I assume you combined both of your pros into your “long” body paragraph, which I don’t assume is that bad. An 8 isn’t out of the question if your essay is good, but I don’t think you’ll get much higher than that. If I were you I would just prepare for the next essay and try to manage your time better. Good luck. </p>
<p>Ick, now I’m not feeling too great about the essay. I’ve heard mixed things on the conclusion, I remember my AP Lang teacher saying that “you don’t usually need a conclusion, once you make your arguments, there’s not point in simply restating your position in another paragraph. It wastes your time and the reader’s time to just restate your thesis again in the conclusion.” </p>
<p>Also, I had two main points that I spent a good chunk of time expanding upon in my two paragraphs. My first point also served as a counterargument. The second body paragraph ended smoothly, it’s just that I didn’t have a separate paragraph for the conclusion.</p>
<p>That is true much more for AP tests than for the ACT. On essays for AP tests, graders are just looking for certain key points in your essay. However, on the AP test, they’re just grading the essay as a whole based on how well it’s written, and how well you defend your argument. Because it’s graded as a whole, the conclusion is much more important to have.</p>