<p>is it okay if you show both sides of the argument in your essay or do you firmly have to support just one???? Plzz help me...</p>
<p>You should firmly stick to your stance, but it's okay--and in fact encouraged--to discuss and refute counterarguments.</p>
<p>^^^Ditto. Firmly stick to one. If you have time, refute the other side, but w/ the time you are given, it probably won't be your priority. Make a strong point for one.</p>
<p>STICK TO ONE VIEW!!! OR ELSE YOU WILL GET A ZERO!!!<br>
I cannot stress this enough.</p>
<p>yea just stick to one side throughout the entire essay</p>
<p>thnx for ur help guys but what if you're on the fence about the situation and don't really have a take?? is it still not okay to say that in some ways it is and some way it isn't??</p>
<p>only support one. in your planning time, see which side that you can come up with more examples. even if you dont completely agree with the topic at hand, use the side that you can support better. it also depends on which test essay you are talking about. it is different between SAT essay and ACT essay</p>
<p>"thnx for ur help guys but what if you're on the fence about the situation and don't really have a take?? is it still not okay to say that in some ways it is and some way it isn't??"</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but when it comes to SAT essays my advice would be to completely disregard your personal opinions and morals. I know people say if you write about something you believe in your writing will be more 'passionate', but personally, I could spend hours debating myself over what I REALLY thought on these questions. You are pressed for time, so just pick a side and defend it.</p>
<p>"I hate to say this, but when it comes to SAT essays my advice would be to completely disregard your personal opinions and morals. I know people say if you write about something you believe in your writing will be more 'passionate', but personally, I could spend hours debating myself over what I REALLY thought on these questions. You are pressed for time, so just pick a side and defend it."</p>
<p>got it....thanks sim1 and everyone else who replied!</p>
<p>you could, but that could tern out very bad, but technically (i don't suggest it though), you could do, it stating you agree with both, but you would most likely get lower, because it's harder to do, but naturaly the reader's don't care about your stance, and the reason people, say a different stance then they really are is because it's easier to write on and you can write more and better, same goes here, if you defended both stances, and did the clash, and motivated the reader you could still get a 12, but believe me it's way harder (know for school that another thing, in some classes i wrote papers, soporting both position's and being completly neutral, and got an A) but for sat you would need to write more (twice, and you only have 2 pages, so that would be hard) since you need to do double work (say why both are good, and why both suck, or else you would get a messly grade because you would fite in for example instead of 2 examples for each only one (and your grade would go down); so in the end pick one. It's easier (but don't forget you could technically do both)</p>
<p>Hope this help, again don't try it, you could easily get lower, and on sat your limited to 2 pages, so that would be almost impossible. on act possible but you only have 30 minutes, and you would have to write like four pages (which i did last time, wink!)
ok that's it anyway!</p>
<p>yeah stick to one side. if you can't think of which side to choose, maybe you can think of someone like a friend or family member who you know would strongly support the argument or otherwise and pretend you were them writing the essay. you can also make up a completely fake story packed with emotion and tragic life experiences (if the topic permits), and no one would know the difference. invoking strong feelings in the reader makes them more likely to give you a good grade.</p>