{"id":582,"date":"2014-02-06T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.princetontutoring.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2015-01-13T23:16:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T23:16:45","slug":"developing-useful-sat-essay-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.princetontutoring.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/developing-useful-sat-essay-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Useful SAT Essay Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember that one of the biggest challenges I faced when tackling the SAT essay was having a wide variety of examples at my fingertips. Although the SAT essay is intended to measure your writing and argumentative skills, and not your knowledge of any particular subject, it is necessary to use good examples in your SAT essay to create a persuasive argument. Many of the essay prompts given on the SAT tend to be open-ended questions with multiple perspectives one can take. Almost all of these essay prompts deal with basic moral, social and psychological issues such as the meaning of freedom or courage.<\/p>\n

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Many students believe that they have read enough and learnt enough at school to be able to \u201ccome up\u201d with a good example for the essay. Although this may be so under normal circumstances, writing the SAT essay in less than 25 minutes (if you take a couple of minutes to plan) means that you would have to put together good examples under immense pressure. The best way to combat this problem is to create your own repertoire of good examples that are applicable to a diverse range of topics and that are well-memorized such that you are able to immediately draw it from memory to write it in your detailed body paragraphs. Of course, this method isn\u2019t flawless. The prompt might be completely different from anything you have prepared for. If that\u2019s the case, do not force your examples to fit the prompt, but try to come up with new examples on the spot. However, as most of the SAT essay topics are similar in terms of their moral or social inclination, it would be wise to prepare for such scenarios.<\/p>\n

Here are 5 quick steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Choose examples that are flexible<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Pick out important details about these examples<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Practice, practice, practice!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Memorize the examples on your list<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Try coming up with new examples on the spot<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some subject areas that would be useful are History, Literature, and Politics.<\/p>\n

    History:<\/strong> Many social and moral lessons that we have learnt are based in lessons taken from historical events. You should focus on historical events and figures who are well-known for certain changes or lessons they have wrought in society. Don\u2019t try to write about a big event such as \u201cWorld War I\u201d but whittle the point down to something more manageable such as the Holocaust. Remember that the essay section is only 25 minutes!<\/p>\n

    Some Examples from History:<\/p>\n