<p>There are your own personal experiences, current books/movies, books you have read for english class (my son just finished Dracula) or whereever you currently are in history for examples. If you have the Collegeboard blue SAT practice book, there is an essay on p 200 about honesty. The writer used all personal experiences and supposedly got a “6” (from one reader). </p>
<p>Read this link here on cc on how to write a “12” essay in 10 days and read all the posts that follow as he mentions 19 ideas you can use.<br>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/645763-how-write-12-essay-just-10-days.html</a></p>
<p>He describes a template that you can use to figure out how to shape your essay in the limited time you have to write. He says to come up with a list of 25 (which is really more than you need) examples that you can research using Spark notes so when you arrive ready with some generic examples that fit many situations.</p>
<p>The SAT prompts are all about honesty, morals, standards, respecting authority and having ethics. Follow this link to get an idea of the type of prompts you will be asked to write about. Practice thinking up 3 examples in under 5 mins.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/764514-sat-essay-prompt-archetypes.html</a></p>
<p>With a week or two of practice including writing a couple of practice essays, you can compose maybe not a “12” but a decent essay to not pull down your writing score.</p>