<p>My daughter's SAT tutor told her to include the quote, that is part of the essay prompt, when writing the the essay. Her English teacher said to never include the quote. Does anyone know the correct answer? Her English teacher works at Sylvan and some of her friends who are taking Princeton Review said the same thing.</p>
<p>I think its ok to use parts of the quote to show you understand the key ideas, but never use the quote word for word as your opening sentence.</p>
<p>You can, but there’s no reason to do so. It doesn’t inherently help, in the sense that the reader won’t recognize the quote and suddenly increase the writer’s score.</p>
<p>So, since it is not required and doesn’t necessarily help, your daughter shouldn’t waste time reading the quote or trying to incorporate it into the intro paragraph. The intro paragraph should only answer the question in a straightforward manner and MAYBE introduce your examples (2-3 sentences). She should write the intro in a couple of minutes and MOVE ON. Most of the effort should go into building the body paragraphs.</p>