How to write a good Sat essay?

gery_sun
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:55:22 +0000

Well, I am taking the online course and I have a 6 on one of the essays. I used a literary example (only one, by the way) but elaborated on it and filled up the entire space on the answer sheet. After that I submitted the same essay again but without the last but one short paragraph and got a lower point - 5. So, if I have to give advice:


Fill up the space because it does matter how long the essays is
Don’t spend too much time on thinking of examples - just pick one and write on it. It is OK to use one as long as you discuss different points relevent to the topic. (My example was on Iliad, but I used two different scenes from the poem so I had about three or four paragraphs, discussing them)
Always relate what you discuss in the examples with how it supports your thesis (write a sentence or two at the end of every paragraph).