SAT Essay Prompt Archetypes

<p>I’m reading these and have no idea what I could use for examples. I’m not exactly an avid reader. So screwed for tomorrow</p>

<p>Wow, this is neat.</p>

<p>It’s obvious that the exact prompts on test day will differ, but is it possible to generalize the subjects of the prompts to be ready for any type of prompt? And Brolex, you can use anything for your examples (literature, history, t.v., music, sports, pop culture, life expieriences etc.) but I think it’s recomended to have an example of literature, history, and life expieriences. I’m sure you can make up something as well, it’s not like the proctors are going to make you sign a statement assuring the college board that you are telling the truth. </p>

<p>One more question: Technically, couldn’t one write about anything, no matter how explicit, and still get a 12 (assuming that they supported their examples well, had good organization etc.)? Note that This is more of a trivial question c:</p>

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<p>bumping this - good resource to casually think of examples and study for tomorrow</p>

<p>Use 3 monomyths as your supporting examples in the essay. They are so vast you can tie them to anything. Ex: Huck Finn, LOTR</p>

<p>Bump for tomorrow’s test!</p>

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<p>im taking the sat next week. thank you so much for this. the essay has always been the bane of my existence (SAT Vocab Word: Bane)</p>

<p>A good way to prepare for the essay portion is to come up with examples and group the prompts in categories for which you can use those examples for.</p>

<p>For instance: </p>

<p>Right off the bat after skimming through the prompts I noticed two that I could use with Huck Finn.

  1. Can people truly be original?
  2. Do we really benefit from every event or experience in some way?</p>

<p>I’m sure that if I take my time to actually seriously consider the prompts and think of examples, I can divide those prompts into 5-8 categories in which I can use the same examples through it. </p>

<p>It won’t guarantee a great score but at least you have a number of examples ready for a general topics of the prompt.</p>

<p>thank you so much</p>

<p>does anyone have any examples for individuality( that could work with any of them)</p>

<p>you sir deserve a medal :slight_smile: thanks for the resource and greatly appreciate it.</p>

<p>Thank you! :slight_smile:
Does anyone have great examples on following creativity? If so, please respond.</p>

<p>BUMP. This should be stickied immediately</p>

<p>does anyone have a good list of examples for each of these archetypes?</p>

<p>bumpers for a good post</p>

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Thank you, this is such an awesome post. I’m only a sophomore and I just took my PSAT. How early do you guys recommend prepping for the SAT and if you don’t have much money to spend on SAT prep courses, are there any specific prep books/courses/tips/tricks to prepare for the SAT? Any help is greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>Search this forum for thread titles containing the words prep, books, and review. You’ll find plenty!</p>

<p>Just go back to the “SAT Preparation” forum, click on search, then click on advanced search, then enter your search parameters.</p>

<p>So helpful!</p>

<p>Any ideas for “Following Creativity” section?</p>

<p>Also when we mention titles in our essay, they are quoted right?</p>