<p>Was the essay about whether leaders should have different standards or whether they should have different standards IF their actions help the group? And how much would you be penalized if you were to write about the former choice if the question was about the latter.</p>
<p>@lumin
Are you sure that was the question? I was going along the question similar to what greeaatt said. </p>
<p>Now that I think about it, your question does seem to be right. I remember ridges and range in that question.</p>
<p>I think luminouzz has the question right, and it was looking.</p>
<p>I think it was “thirteen ridges, running along the range, look like spines on a lizard’s back”</p>
<p>err. I’m not sure. majorly second-guessing myself here.</p>
<p>@ cookiemonster</p>
<p>I don’t think the question was either of those two. The question was to assess whether or not leaders (of a group/country) should be looked upon differently and judged by different standards(in contrast to the common man).</p>
<p>“Look” was not an option. I think I put “looking”.</p>
<p>I put looking too.</p>
<p>it was looking not look</p>
<p>definitely looking</p>
<p>I think we have enough people to confirm that the answer was looking.
Here’s the updated list:</p>
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<p>Consolidated Writing - not experimental:</p>
<h2>27 out of 49 identified.</h2>
<p>Section 3:
Sentence Improvement:
The emperor penguin [__], the average <em>standing</em> at 45 inches tall. Answer was C.
Ridges run along the range, <em>looking</em> like spines on a lizard’s back.</p>
<p>No Errors (There were 3):
Hikers that went through the forest with the canopy (top right of first page)
Indian writer that used colloquial English (middle right of first page)
Unathletic boy who became adept at Ultimate Frisbee (bottom left of second page)</p>
<p>Idiom Errors:
succeeded on –> should be succeeded at (bottom left of second page)</p>
<p>Redundancy Errors:
return back (top right of second page)</p>
<p>Subj/Verb:
lay —> lays</p>
<p>Tense:
Had went —> had gone (We had planned by doing blah, blah, and blah, but nothing had gone as we had expected.)
Have —> Had (romans concrete)
Helped nourishing —> Helped to nourish</p>
<p>Paragraph Improvement:
Nevertheless —> therefore
Such behavior suggests planning, insight, perhaps even use of tools
Number 35 —> sentence should be placed after sentence 14. Answer E.</p>
<p>False Comparison:
three soloists in an ensemble (as a soloist should be soloists) Answer was D.
horse manes to horses- Error was horses</p>
<p>Section 10:
Last 5 answers were E - D - E - E - E
The caretakers served the children, preventing spills by giving each child only a little amount. Answer was B.
Elections as a result of either … or …
but, according to (other answers had comma splices)
Even though they hate each other, Susan and Maxime are good friends and they even write children’s stories together.
In order to succeed at geology, one must study actual rock formations.(Misplaced Modifier error)
Portraits question (last one) was misplaced modifier. Portraits comes before depictions. Answer was E.
“Were he to be given” is correct</p>
<p>ooh looking is probably right because I think the other answer choices were “looks” and “they look”</p>
<p>@hotinpursuit
Yeah I didn’t word it correctly. But was it asking if leaders should be judged by different standards than the common man IF their actions benefit the group? Because I gave examples of how leaders should be judged by different standards in cases where they do terrible things that do not benefit the group but get away with a slap on the wrist just because they have so many responsibilities.</p>
<p>@pianofish</p>
<p>I thought it was something like “thirteen ridges, running along the range of Peru, look like spines on a lizard’s back.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure what I put for that answer. What were the options?</p>
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<p>This will make the essay go a bit off topic, but it’s nothing that will drastically hurt your score.
You kind of just made up a specific category for leader (you only describe bad leaders). The thing is, if you restated IF their actions benefit the group many times in your essay, then the reader will think you did not read the prompt carefully. If not, then you should be fine because the general case covers the specific one.</p>
<p>Awesome. I didn’t talk about good actions at all. I just said that because leaders have more responsibilities, they have different standards. In two cases I showed how more responsibilities = they should be forgiven for little things. In one case I showed how more responsibilities = they should be punished more severely.</p>
<p>Just a general essay question: can an essay with one example still receive a good score? I only used one example but I filled up both pages with extensive details that, I believe, thoroughly answered the question.</p>
<p>^some of college board’s example essays I’ve seen only used one example and scored 6s.</p>
<p>Seems like a lot of people on here think 2-3 are ideal. idk essay scoring completely mystifies me.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine a score greater than 10 using only one example.</p>
<p>Depending on your definition of a good score, yes.
I would say an 11 is possible if you filled up both pages and had good vocab.
If your essay was personal and you went into a lot of detail, then the graders will like that.
only reason it would be bad is if the grader thinks you didn’t have anything in mind and sees that you were redundant.</p>
<p>what do you think my score will be. I think i got 3-4 wrong and i really feel good about my essay so im gonna predict a 12. what do you think that would come out to with the curve.</p>