<p>I'm still practicing on writing good SAT essays and I have a question, regarding examples.</p>
<p>Let's say the topic is "In crisis is cleverness born." So one example I give, is about the atomic race, which eventually lead to nuclear energy which provides a major % of our electricity today.</p>
<p>However, I start going into it, explaining who's in the race, who started it, what is the reason for it, what was it hoping to achieve, how did it end, how it helped humanity progress in the end, etc., which all in all takes a good 10-15, even 20 A4-lines. </p>
<p>I was wondering if it was ok to go in and describe stuff like that, especially when you're talking about the specifics of a certain period in history, or should you restrain in the details of your examples?</p>
<p>P.S. Oh and, the question doesnt regard having the time to give examples. I fit plenty within the time with more than 5 mins left from reading the quote to essay finish.</p>
<p>All you need to know is the basic formula for the SAT essays. Restrain in your details of examples, you are pressed for time.</p>
<ol>
<li>Have a good topic paragraph ( around 3 sentences)</li>
<li>Have a thesis with 3 points:
Point 1: Literary reference: Connection to a novel read
Point 2: Historical reference/modern day: connection to something in history or recent
Point 3: Personal Experience: Connection to you and your life experiences.
*If you cannot think of a historical reference, then have 2 literary references and 1 personal experience, or whatever way you want it to be.</li>
<li>Have a paragraph for each point ( so you should have 3 paragraphs)</li>
<li>Have a transitional/introductory topic sentence for each paragraph.</li>
<li>Format that I used for the paragraphs: Topic sentence, Commentary, Evidence (references), more commentary.</li>
<li>Write a universal message that ties in what your whole essay is about for the conclusion paragraph. </li>
<li>You concluding paragraph should be 2 sentences long. </li>
<li>Always keep track of your time and never, never, never start off writing your essay without brainstorming first.
How time should be cut up into:
5 minutes to plan out your essay and develop your 3 points
3 minutes to write your topic paragraph
5 minutes to write your 1st paragraph ( first point)
5 minutes to write your 2nd paragraph (second point)
5 minutes to write your 3rd paragraph ( 3rd point)
2 minutes to write your concluding paragraph</li>
</ol>
<p>Good luck, and I hope this has helped you. If you have any more questions about the essay portions, pm me.
=] Happy writing</p>
<p>Hopefully I won't mess up completely on the essay tomorrow as much as I predict I will.
Oh and, would 2 points do as well?</p>
<p>What if you all you can think of is only one example? Should you just go into as much detail as possible into it, in order to make up for the lack of the other 2, or should you just keep trying to find 1-2 more but wasting extra time on brainstorming?</p>
<p>Oh and, what would you use as standard Opening sentences, relating to the topic in cases of agreement and disagreement.</p>
<p>As in "I believe that BlahBlah is right when he said ThisAndThat". Or "BlahBlah takes a firm stand against ThisAndThat with WhatHeSaid". - In that kind of sense, sentences that can be used to start off any topic.</p>
<p>I think it’s a waste of time giving 3 examples! how can I think of them in 5mins? I see that sample essays in BB are often only 1 example planned deliberately :-?</p>
<p>Here is the best way to go. Make it up. There is no requirement that anything you say be accurate, so they dont check facts. I know 3 people who used completely bogus facts in their arguments and got 12 on the essay.</p>