<p>what is the best essay strat you have acquired or would like to share.</p>
<p>currently i’m writing an essay by writing an intro with thesis, 2-3 examples, and a conclusion to restate my intro and examples. thats pretty much the only strat i’m using.</p>
<p>Essay scores I’ve been getting are consistently in the 8 to 9 range.</p>
<p>tips anybody?</p>
<p>Be solid with your examples and always add a sentence or two to relate it back to your thesis.</p>
<p>Add SAT words correctly…don’t OVERUSE them, but I mean add them casually where you know they would benefit your essay.</p>
<p>I always use a literature, history, and personal example. Make it 3 examples. People will tell you that you don’t need 3 examples or w/e, but if you’re asking me, I’m telling you…it’s better to make sure you have a lot of support.</p>
<p>Stockpile your examples do you have something ready.</p>
<p>I usually utilize these books:</p>
<p>The Scarlet Letter
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo</p>
<p>History/Current Events examples:</p>
<p>Holocaust/Hitler
Civil War
Martha Stewart Scandal</p>
<p>Personal examples…just make something up, even if it IS cheesy.</p>
<p>That’s what I do.</p>
<p>hmmm maybe i’ll post an essay of mines and have you guys see how i could work on it better.</p>
<p>glucose: nice suggestions. I haven’t used many or any literature references.</p>
<p>Heres my essay for online course 1. I know its bad, but give me suggestions as well as how you would grade this essay.</p>
<p>Prompt</p>
<p>We often hear that we can learn much about someone or something just by casual observation. We are not required to look beneath the surface or to question how something seems. In fact, we are urged to trust our impressions, often our first impressions, of how a person or a situation seems to be. Yet appearances can be misleading. What seems isnt always what is.</p>
<p>Is the way something seems to be not always the same as it actually is? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.</p>
<p>My Essay</p>
<p>Appearance or impression can be both a guiding factor or a misleading first-sight. Mankind has been blessed with the monders of eyesights, interpretting ninety percent of the information we perceive into fact. Yet interpretation is simply interpretation. Only by analyzing this interpretation can a person truly understand the mere perplexity of the deeper end. Judging superficial will only produce a superficial analyzes. Never will appearance truly denote what it will be and will often times be misleading.
As a student, I was taught never to judge a book by its cover. This is very true in situations or people. An example of this would be my past experiences with friends. Many of them appear extremely friendly, but when “tue” trouble arises, they tend to not help me.
History has also given its bits of surprises. In World War II, the USA “seemed” neutral and without too much extrusion in the war. Yet with its shell of neutrality sat diplomatic plans and the atomic bomb. This bomb reviewed many of the true intent of USA’s involvement in the war.
Often times, misjudgement occurs because the “judged” had purposefully hid his true self. Would a person who wants to be your friend tell you he is actually a greedy, psychotic person? Would a wanted criminal walk around looking like a criminal or would he dress himself like a gentleman? This poses the idea that people tend to judge and others make themselves appear like something they aren’t. With 2 sides to this chain, a misleading observation is bound to happen.
Not only is impressions misleading, they can mess with your perception of reality. Only by careful and deeper analyzes will actualality review itself. </p>
<p>more strat or essay critique would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>just write a basic format for an essay and then switch the thesis and examples each time… and many times you don’t have to switch the examples.</p>
<p>My honest opinion:</p>
<p>WRITE WHAT YOU FEEL! I guess this doesn’t work if the topic doesn’t relate to something that influenced you or is important to you, but I always seem to find a way to relate my topics to something that really touches me deeply, and I think that is apparent in my writing. Give it a shot and if it doesn’t work. I’d go with the 3 part thesis to be on the same side. </p>
<p>I mean the SAT Essay scores must read the same thing over and over…Intro Example Example Example Closing. History is history and can get repetitive and tedious IMHO. Give those scorers something that will make them get comfortable to read what you have to say. I feel that is probably the best strategy to a good essay score, WHEN USED PROPERLY. Don’t get crazy and write about how your g.f broke up with and b.c of that you think love doesn’t exist. Write about something you’re truly passionate about and I really think it’ll help your results.</p>
<p>But as a final reminder, make sure you practice with this strategy first.</p>
<p>All the best
-Alvy</p>
<p>thanks for the suggestions. pardon my ignorance, but what is a 3 part thesis.</p>
<p>Does anyone have trouble with time? I definitely do…</p>
<p>of course I do… read my 2nd post in this thread. You will notice that I didn’t profreed. In fact, I think I invented my own word.</p>
<p>Timing is a matter of practice, just like with any other section.
Also, write fast and cross out instead of erasing. </p>
<p>The conclusion and intro are the most importatn paragraphs. Period. I konw people say content is importatn too…and it is. you need to fill out a solid 2-3 body paragraphs, or one very DEtAILEd single body paragraph. But make sure you have a substantial, and that means more than 3 lines, intro and conclusion. Unless you are talented writer, don’t end theh conclusion w/ a choppy 1-2 sentences. Reserve that only if you think of something incredibley ingenious to say. toher than that the 5 vital elements of an essay:</p>
<p>FOCUS (good thesis, good conclusion, and good topic and concluding sentences in each paragraph to RELATE bacak to the thesis)
LENGTH (but you must have a meaty content as well… rambling on or digressing from the thesis will not help your essay no matter how long it is)
VOCAB - you must try to desperately convince the reader that you know the most arcane and intricate english words that you can conjure up in 25 mins
FlUIDITY- transitions are vital for those high scores, namely teh range of 10-12
ANALYSIS- don’t recount personal experiences and then wrap it up w/ a one sentence conclusion about how it relates to your central argument. Don’t give an inane summary of a book. Analyze, even throwing in a little imagination if needed. Creativity is good as long as it’s not childish or in excess.</p>
<p>a 3 part thesis is what everyone is talking about w. the intro 3 supporting paragraphs and then a closing…in your intro you usually finish by stating a 3 part thesis which is a sentence in which you state your idea and supporting examples.</p>
<p>It’s very conventional and fool-proof. I just like to think outside of the box :-)</p>
<p>-Alvy</p>
<p>hmmm… in my support paragraph, should i spend more time describing the example or spend more time describing why the example is relevant to the prompt.</p>
<p>I think you should develop the example and in developing it, make it obvious how it ties in…don’t make the reader think too much…that’s a good way to get a lower score</p>
<p>so… maybe start with one sentence to begin the example and end it with another reference to my thesis?</p>
<p>Yeah, that sounds fair. Just make sure your transitions are smooth and don’t sound aritificial.</p>
<p>Your paragraph/point should something to this extent</p>
<p>1st sentence-Introduction to your example
Everything in between-Support
Last sentence (or last 2)-Relate it to your thesis</p>
<p>I usually only have like 5-7 sentences per example (my literature examples are LONG though…).</p>
<p>What are some good transitions? I need to strength that aspect of my writing.</p>
<p>As you practice the transitions should begin to come naturally. When you feel like a new idea is coming, make a new paragraph. I don’t really support the idea of coming into the SAT with a structure and just filling it in. I know the idea of the test is that it’s a one time thing and just get the best score you can, but Idk as a writer, I take it as another opportunity to improve my skills. </p>
<p>That’s probably not the answer you’re looking for. So I’d suggest trying to find a common ground between the final sentence of the previous paragraph and your introductory sentence of the next paragraph. It’s difficult for me to find an example in my work for I usually "flow but here’s one thing I could find</p>
<p>The paper is about Senator Carolyn McCarthy as leader in courage</p>
<p>Of the nineteen, Ferguson killed McCarthys husband Dennis McCarthy and seriously injured her son Kevin McCarthy, who to this day remains partially disabled.
<em>New paragraph</em>
McCarthy overcame the distress and heartbreak by transforming her pain to a political level, instead of seeking revenge in a personal vendetta.</p>
<p>Notice how I stated the fact in the final sentence, and took the fact to a different level and related it to a different idea in order to start the new paragraph.</p>
<p>This may not be your style but I hope it helps</p>
<p>-Alvy</p>