<p>I wrote about Anthem by Ayn Rand for my SAT essay and it didn’t work out too well. They hated my essay. :(</p>
<p>Actually, 1984 can be used to describe almost anything for the SAT essay… rebellion, total power, common thought, technology, physical pain over emotions, etc. The American Revolution, MLK, Trojan War, WWII, also work for practically everything.</p>
<p>Hey, what examples could you use for this prompt?</p>
<p>Are people more likely to be happy if they focus on goals other than their own happiness?</p>
<p>Someone told me that examples from classics can be trite and cliche… like Hamlet, Romeo And Juliet, etc. You may get a minus for that. is that true?</p>
<p>Pride and Prejudice has good themes about personality and human character</p>
<p>I used a Tale of Two Cities, Steve Jobs and a personal example - got me a 12.</p>
<p>i always choose one of my two historical figures to write about and i got 12s.</p>
<p>@ILackKnowledge, who are your historical figures?</p>
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<p>I got a prompt about personal expression and that kind of thing, and might have gone overboard with examples (I used a couple more than this, but these were the actual good ones): Shostakovich and Solzhenitsyn were both persecuted for their art/literature, Matthew Shepard was murdered for his orientation, and all of this is indicative of the fact that personal expression should be encouraged in society. Situations in which personal expression should be prohibited or limited are those with necessary amounts of discipline, like the military and prison. I got a 10 on the essay, so I did alright; this was more a function of my organization being a little schizo.</p>
<p>@dariceguy13: Well if your answer is a no, I suggest Great Expectations and some major stars who gave up their personal happiness for the sake of their careers just to find themselves all depressed and lonely later on.</p>
<p>So basically personal examples are ok right? Will fabricated examples work?</p>
<p>fabricated examples work as well. i think technology is also a good one. how it’s bad but also good. get lazy and fat but online shopping and stuff. march SAT is my last one…</p>
<p>“So basically personal examples are ok right? Will fabricated examples work?”</p>
<p>Yes, they are fine. Literary examples are fine too, but I wouldn’t make all of my examples from literature - vary them a bit. the key is to wruite a well structured essay, use some good transitions words to more from paragraph to paragraph, respond to the prompt.</p>
<p>bump for anyone still studying</p>
<p>fake examples work best along with a few real examples.</p>
<p>thank you i was looking for this everwere</p>
<p>What about Aesop’s fables. I think there are many morals that are in accordance with almost all essay topics. Are fables solid enough to use as examples in an SAT essay?</p>
<p>@Eternamisa I would use Aesop’s fables because arent they a literary classic…I mean if we can use made up personal experiences we should be able to use fables…</p>
<p>does anyone know any big universal words we can use?</p>