<p>I thought about it, College Board may more care about whether your essay is logical,has good structure or something like that, but does it really matter that if you have to use various examples, like historical events,literary works.. Or I can just use personal experiences as long as my essay is logical?</p>
<p>personal experiences are fine to use, but I always think that literary works and historical examples make for the strongest arguments. However, if you support and argue well enough, there is no reason why your personal experience cannot be as strong as any other example.</p>
<p>I would shy away from using only personal examples. Historical events and literary works are stronger examples. Even though the essay graders are looking more for the organization of ideas than the examples themselves, using only personal experiences may suggest a lack of worldly knowledge. At least that’s what we were taught in AP lang.</p>
<p>my rule is that if you’re going to use a personal example, only use one (or if you can, none), and have your other one or two from history or literature. As long as the example is good though, it should be okay to use first person. The only time using the first person would be bad, is if you were to say, “in my opinion…” (or something like that). Doing that takes away from the factual basis of the essay, and makes it less persuasive.</p>
<p>It would be best to not to.</p>
<p>Your essay would be stronger if you used literary and historical examples, but if you really wanted to, you could use a personal example for one of your topics. Just make sure to sound intelligent.</p>
<p>Just sprinkle in some historical stuff. It’s not worth the risk, just play ball when it comes to the SAT essay don’t worry about actual quality.</p>
<p>PLEASE DON’T LISTEN TO THOSE WHO SAY NO. JUST TURN TO PAGES 120 AND 200 of the Blue Book. AND FROM NOW ON, IF YOU WANT ANY ADVICE FOR THE SAT AND YOU GET SOME, JUST CONFIRM BY REALLY LOOKING AT THE BB. ALONG WITH THAT, THINK OF IT LIKE THIS. Ok, enough with the caps:P. If the SAT is international, that means that people who don’t really get a good education do it too. So how does the College Board expect from them examples from History, Literature, etc.? If they did, then they’ll have a major problem with complaints. So they just allow for any example. Along with personal examples, you can EASILY make up facts to support. Like example:
Topic is can a group function without a leader:
You can make up some group like Vietnamese group of soldiers who had a leader killed early on and only 1 survived to tell the story, then continue on to make up something.
The reason for this is obvious. The College Board doesn’t test the example you give but how well you can support a thesis. Your aim should be to get examples to support your thesis in the best way possible. Also, you can think about it like this. I read once a short description of the career of an Essay checker (not really a career), and it’s on the College Board website about them. They are Language Arts teachers who go through tough training to it. One of them wrote about her experience in an article (read about it by writing on Google something like, “What’s it like to be an SAT Essay checker” or something like that). She said she’d read the essay once in a minute or 2 then grade it out of 6. Then go on to the next. Its stressful because of tons of essays to grade. And, surprisingly, they check at home from the computer and sometimes during their work. So, if you think about it, that means all you have to do is make sure you give a nice beginning and ending, and good examples to support. Don’t worry to much about grammer or vocab (just don’t make it too obvious that it’s mistaken or too advanced that it becomes difficult to read and comprehend). I’d really like to give you a template but since it isn’t your question, if you want, message me and I’ll give you more info.</p>
<p>My advice is coming from a book called the SAT PREP BLACK BOOK by Mike. Look, I was aiming for a 2400 so I bought tons of books. Luckily, I bought that book first, and read it. The author uses exactly what you’re doing. Logic and patterns in the exam to help you ace it. I’m not advertising, or getting paid, or know the author. I’m just recommending a book I thought was terrific in its advice and really think you should read it.</p>
<p>^ Are you the author of the Black Book or an advertiser?</p>
<p>All of his posts recommend the Black Book. Also, the graders of the essay only have 2 minutes to grade your essay. However, it is still better to use literary work and historical events instead of personal examples and made-up baloney. Just make sure to pace yourself, pay attention to grammar/spelling, and try to write as much as you can.</p>