<p>Hey CCers,
My writing teacher told me that it is very important to use an example that you actually have an interest in when writing the SAT essay, and I totally agree. I feel like it is so much easier to talk about something that I care about rather than using an example from history that I honestly find boring.</p>
<p>One of my passions is baseball and I’ve been trying to compile a “portfolio” of examples that I can use whenever I have to write the essay.
So if there are any baseball fans here in CC, what are some good examples that would be good to use in an SAT essay?</p>
<p>Here are some examples that I have used in the past: Kirk Gibson’s Walkoff Homer, Dustin Pedroia (small person, yet big contributions), Barry Bonds (Steroids)</p>
<p>P.S. I’m an overall sports fan, so you can give examples from other sports as well.</p>
<p>Pete Rose can be used for many themes. “Charlie Hustle” works for motivation, determination, etc. The betting scandal can be used for negative examples. Shoeless Joe is another good scandal.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you can make up a sports story or hero to fit the theme.</p>
<p>I can make up a player that never existed?</p>
<p>^ I believe so. The College Board does not look for the credibility of your source, much rather the grammar, and essay as a whole.</p>
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<p>Factual accuracy is not tested on the SAT essay. If you say that Hitler’s fight George Washington in the Spanish-American War to support your thesis that men with mustaches are better than men with white hair, you’re well on your way to a 6/6.</p>
<p>The readers know you only have 25 minutes to write an essay that they personally would give you several days to complete. Making up an example shows that if you had the time, you’d go to the computer or to the library to find an appropriate real example. You are just showing that you understand the importance of providing that example. This is why you should make up dates and facts as needed, too; they want you to be specific, and if you cannot remember the day that Pete belted that that record breaking homerun (9-11-85) or the number of the homerun (4192), make it up in order to show specificity.</p>
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<p>Man, I don’t think I want to be alive when someone gets so jacked up on steroids to hit 4192 HR’s in a career. The world must suck by then.</p>
<p>Ah, yes, HITS, not homeruns. Don’t have twins. This is what happens to your once-highly functioning brain.</p>