October 2009 sat essay advice

Test Preparation
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<p>These are links to my original essay to the question "Is humor the best way to approach difficult situations and problems?"
This essay really brought down my writing score because I got an 8, but when I took the SAT twice before this I received 10s on both of them, so I would like to know how I should improve and prevent this from happening again. Also, I thought I did decently on this essay and didn't expect an 8, so I would like to know some reasons as to what makes it an 8 exactly. Thanks in advance! your advice is greatly appreciated
(sorry if its hard to read-if you click the picture it becomes a little more magnified)</p>

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<p>i got an 11 on the essay and i focused on a specific book, “Huckleberry Finn”. i talked about how the book has humor but also has an underlying meaning reflecting the problems of sounthern society at that time</p>

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<p>thanks for replying :]
thats a good idea, i didn’t think of that even though i read it not too long ago
so you just extend on that one example? 11 is really good nice job!</p>