SAT Essay Prompt Archetypes - Examples

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<p>ObsessedOne helped us a lot by providing a huge list of the topics that the SAT Essay focuses on. I thought we could compile a list of some examples that apply to the topics. Here is the link to his topic: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Individuality
[ul]
[<em>]Following the Crowd
[</em>]Following Authority
[li]Following Creativity[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Examples: [ul][<em>]David Irving: a prominent historian who believes that the Holocaust didn't actually take place
[</em>]John Brown: abolitionist, raided a weapon stash on October 16 1859 in an attempt to abolish slavery
[<em>]C. Auguste Dupin: main protagonist in a few of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, had his own way of investigation
[</em>]Gandhi: utilized non-violence in a time filled with bloodshed and violence[/ul]</p>

<p>Motivation and Success
[ul]
[<em>]Hardship and Success
[</em>]Self-Determination and Success
[<em>]Self-Expectation and Success
[</em>]Collaboration and Success
[<em>]Ethics and Success
[</em>]Quality or Quantity and Success[/ul]</p>

<p>Examples: [ul][<em>]Gandhi: determined, gave everything he had away, marched for hundreds of miles
[</em>]John Brown: raised a black youth, faced society, radical views, set the path for the end of slavery
[li]Thomas Edison: tried many hundred times to create the light bulb, eventually succeeded[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Technological “Progress”</p>

<p>Examples: I haven't found any for this yet</p>

<p>Heroes</p>

<p>Examples: Again Gandhi and John Brown, need to find a third</p>

<p>Tradition</p>

<p>Examples: Yet to find</p>

<p>Loyalty</p>

<p>Examples: Yet to find</p>

<p>Please post if you have any other examples that would be useful for the essay.</p>

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<p>For technological progress, we can use “2001:the space odyssey”, and other scifi dystopias (can’t think of any right now). </p>

<p>Heroes: we can definitely use examples about the founding fathers (george washington, ben franklin, etc)</p>

<p>Tradition: to argue for oppressiveness of tradition, Joy Luck Club and Scarlet Letter can play into that theme.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot. I will look for some for Loyalty today. :D</p>

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<p>Loyalty: Beowulf, Kiterunner, John Rabe.</p>

<p>Here’s a forum full of examples:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/440742-literature-historical-examples-sat-essay.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/440742-literature-historical-examples-sat-essay.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Also, what do you think about pornography? It could be possibly said that, under technology, pornographic material and its views have increased due to increased usage of the Internet especially by a younger audience.</p>

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<p>I’m going to make up an example (of a personal experience) for each of these tomorrow, since I suck at reporting history and literature - probably because I don’t know much. I guess I could use LotR or WWI/II or 1984, but hell, I write better when writing a story/narrative. I’ll just infuse it with “how I grew” - which shows “outstanding critical reasoning” (CB’s words, not mine) and presto - hopefully a 12.</p>

<p>Unless an example pops up in my mind very clearly when I’m writing the essay (I read an essay that used Jerry Springer - it was excellent) I’m sticking to my “personal” experiences.
Thanks loads for the list, by the way. Never knew the essays were THIS repetitive.</p>

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<p>thank you i was looking for this everywere</p>