Need help with SAT Essay examples

Test Preparation
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<p>I have never taken an official standardized test, so I'm pretty much going to take the SAT blindfolded. I've done a decent amount of CB online practice tests and I'm very confident in my math abilities, slightly less in my critical reading abilities... as for my writing abilities, not at all.
I'm specifically having trouble coming up with examples to support my theses. I've already went through a couple "guides" in this forum regarding writing "good" SAT essays but they don't really help with my individual issue.</p>

<p>I can't for the life of me come up with essay examples at whim. I'm currently a junior in HS so I've read a decently considerable amount of literary works, but I just don't see the connections. The same goes for historical events and notable people. I can't scan my memory to sort through things I learned - and if I can recall a specific example, I can't recall accurate names or critical details.</p>

<p>I'm planning to take the SAT in June so I've got about extra two months..</p>

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<p>Focus on examples based on the classes you are in currently. I was in APUSH and AP Bio and used Mendall and the Missouri Compromise as my examples. It is much easier if you use the infromation you are being taught within a week of the exam. Critical details are not really necessary for a decent essay. I raised my 8/12 to a 10/12 just by changing to this example strategy.</p>

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<p>Just learn a few semi-obscure but not really obscure historical figures and learn how to connect them to anything. People like JFK, Hitler, and MLK are way too mainstream. You’ve got to go with some Adlai Stevenson, Jacob Riis, Henry Clay level figures. Also learn quotes. They love quotes. Get like 5 that are vague and broadly applicable.</p>

<p>The essays are pretty formulaic; if you can write the released ones, you can write any one they’ll put on the real test. There was a thread on here a few years back called SAT Prompt Archetypes or something like that that really helped me before I took my SAT.</p>

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<p>Read Mrs. Dalloway or some other great novel that is beyond high school level, and write on it. If you have half decent grammar and vocabulary, you’ll get a 6.</p>

<p>It appears that SAT graders actually grade in relation to how commonly the argument is used, which is a fallacy, but it is what it is.</p>

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<p>read some good literature (i.e. Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, The Scarlet Letter)</p>

<p>Get a few examples from history.
My teacher said that most of the graders will be English teachers, so get a few examples from literature.</p>

<p>You could also make stuff up. Don’t put random/false info from real books. I made up a fable for one of the examples and got a 10</p>