Important Question About Essay Structure

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<p>As I’ve been practicing the essays I’ve noticed that the structure I follow in my essays differs from the typical high scoring essays. </p>

<p>In the typical essays a specific topic is chosen and identified in the thesis. The supporting paragraphs provide instances of how this specific topic relates to the prompt.</p>

<p>In my essays, I use an AP Lang guideline since I took the class last year and I wrote many essays in that class. My intro paragraph introduces the topic and in my thesis I provide my stance on the prompt. In the supporting paragraphs, I provide a different, unrelated example in each paragraph supporting my stance. </p>

<p>Does my structure sound like it should be changed to the way I’ve seen these SAT essays usually done?</p>

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<p>anyone? char lim</p>

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<p>Have you looked at SAT website’s examples of essays and the scores they received?</p>

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<p>As long as your “different, unrelated examples” have something to do with your thesis, I don’t see any difference between what you described and the norm…</p>

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<p>If your supporting paragraphs are rushed and not detailed, you will ultimately be screwed.</p>

<p>There is no structure on the SAT essay. Heck, you could write it with one paragraph and still manage a 6.</p>

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<p>Just be able to support the thesis well and that’s a good score…</p>