<p>I alllwayyys use Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice
they are my go to novels lol
My go to history man are Thomas Edison</p>
<p>Heart of Darkness</p>
<p>*does your score go down?</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter what literary works your examples come from as long as they're well-developed. </p>
<p>Just try to remember anything you've read.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for the advices. In my opinion, a perfect literary example should explore several themes in one book, so whn we are faced with a tough essay prompt, we will always hv tht book to fall back on. For example, for the "creativity" theme in the SAT preparation booklet, I could never think of a book I could use, probably because I only read a couple.
I started reading some of the books u guys suggested. Thank you.
I tried reading some current events in the Time mag today but could not wrap around my head how to use thm.</p>
<p>i usually use Lord of the Flies, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and </p>
<p>,almost always, throw in an example from the American Revolution.</p>
<p>SilverDantes, many SAT essay graders are high school English teachers working on the side, or other qualified readers. If you picked a major work of literature like Oliver Twist, and lied about a situation to support your essay, that's probably not going to work, since the reader probably read Twist. For non-mainstream literature, you can lie freely.</p>
<p>On average, no more than two minutes will be spent on your essay (it is typically 90 seconds). They barely have time to read it, and at that speed they often correct typos in their mind, never mind thinking facts through. Historical facts are usually pretty safe areas to fake (there aren't a lot of history/English enthusiasts) and it's always safe to fake personal experiences, as long as they are possible (e.x. you aren't talking about the time you saved Gotham with Batman).</p>
<p>Essay readers will not be concerned with factual accuracies in examples, whether they have read the books or not. It's important the the examples be germane to your essay. For example, if you refer to Fagin as the Artful Dodger in your example from Oliver Twist, it won't make a difference, as long as the example is relevant to your thesis and supports your argument. "Fake" or "real" is not an issue either.</p>
<p>silverdantes,
But u can't fake it. Wht is the point of the stress placed on giving examples in the essay if not for providing pertinent examples. CB kept stressing give examples to get a higher score. If they don't care about the legitimacy of examples, they might as well give us a leeway to write a subjective essay without giving examples, which we all can sail through.
The examples are which drive the grading part of the essay. Legit examples. That's my opinion.</p>
<p>The idea is to grade us based on how well we used the examples in our essay and persuasion. ;)</p>