<p>What if you get caught in making up a historical-ish example? Nothing blatantly wrong, but very small and specific things. Do you get a 0 if your grader decides to double check your stuff?</p>
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<li><p>How much time do you really think a grader is going to spend grading your essay? They have HUNDREDS of them to slog through.</p></li>
<li><p>I wouldn’t do it anyway.</p></li>
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<p>The key to making up stuff is to pre-plan them. Do you know the How To Write SAT Essay in 10 Days? Well it requires plug-ins. Instead of wasting time researching examples… simply make them up!</p>
<p>Readers spend 1 minute on each essay. They are NOT going to doublecheck. If your date for an obscure event is a little bit off, no one is going to know - and even so, they probably won’t penalize you much for it.</p>