SAT Essay Tips

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<p>Do you guys have any useful SAT Essay tips? Perhaps things not to do, and things that are essential for one's essay. Post them here!</p>

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<p>To score well on the essay, you typically want to use all the space available to you. Your essay should contain 2-3 examples to support your thesis, and should be applicable to the prompt. The general consensus is that examples from history and literature are superior to personal examples, but I have always used personal examples to great success. You could go either way, or even do one of each.</p>

<p>A good trick to remember: the essay graders do not have the time to validate your examples, meaning you can lie about a book and get away with it. Say you have a prompt, but cannot think of any historical or literary examples that support your thesis. You can fabricate a situation in a non-existing novel, provided it applies to the prompt, and use it as an example. I certainly wouldn’t recommend doing this for all of your examples, but if you find yourself pressed for time and cannot think of anything else, it’s worth a shot.</p>

<p>Hope this helped.</p>

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