Literature/Historical Examples for SAT Essay

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<p>bump
November SAT’s in a few days</p>

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<p>Yea so I read these books anyone know what i can use these for?
I’m kind of clue less</p>

<p>brave new world
the great gatsby
catcher in the rye
moby dick
god of small things
Grapes of wrath
East of eden</p>

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<p>Don’t know if this has been mentioned before, but Calvin and Hobbes. Can be adapted to anything,</p>

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<p><em>shameless bump for a good old thread</em></p>

<p>I see that Celebrity and Heroism are quite popular prompt topics. If the question is something along “Should we admire celebrities” or “Should we admire heroes or celebrities”, which examples do you suggest?</p>

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<p>Macbeth: You should never listen to the advice of others especially your wife.</p>

<p>Louis Pasteur: A lot of his family died due to harmful bacteria so then he decided to try to never let anyone suffer a lose from disease again.</p>

<p>Mahatma Ghandhi: “An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind”</p>

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<p>thanks for sharing the info. :)</p>

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<p>The American Revolution always works.</p>

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<p>bump for January SAT</p>

<p>Is the Arab Spring too controversial to use as an example? What about Newtown and gun control/god in the classroom/mental health or is it still too fresh?</p>

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<p>bump for jan sat</p>

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<p>I suspect the graders like at least one personal example, not all literature of historical. JMO.</p>

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<p>Kurt Donald Cobain – passion(motivation) to music rather than mundane possessions</p>

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<p>If u haven’t already seen this
Here’s a really helpful brainstorming examples
<a href=“https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UTYDDW8jD8C-N1k4LSNkPjBSWd_gcgfOHEtf3QeGg-4/mobilebasic?pli=1[/url]”>SAT EXAMPLES;

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<p>This is pretty good. I couldn’t think of any creativity examples and got a few off of this.</p>

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<p>How would you use Alfred Kinsey?</p>

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<p>Bump for tomorrow’s SAT! Good luck everyone :)</p>

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<p>Guys, if you can’t find an obvious example, make one up. This is coming from a 2370er.</p>

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<p>can you use examples from current TV shown or movies?</p>

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<p>You can basically use anything. I used Gatsby and a BS personal example in June and got an 11.</p>

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<p>I want examples for planning for future essay and ‘‘does everyone,even people who choose to live alone,need a network family’’ essay please</p>

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<p>Let’s continue this!</p>

<p>I’ll compile this into a single PDF file…</p>

<p>(or maybe let’s group the examples into categories like honesty, responsibility, etc.)</p>