<p>is it ok to use works of nonfiction on the SAT writing? not like biographies, more like “fast food nation” or “blink”… has anyone ever heard of kids doing that and getting 11’s or 12’s?</p>
<p>ya, I don’t see why it would hurt.</p>
<p>The only problem that i have is that they’re not super intellectual books, they are more like fad books. Would the readers be too stuck up to believe they were valid?</p>
<p>if you make a good point, it won’t matter, but if you don’t, it will turn out bad</p>
<p>A friend of mine talked about jessica simpson and got an 11…</p>
<p>I made up a friend and a situation and got a 12</p>
<p>non fiction literature is probably a step above Jessica Simson in intellectual legitimacy</p>
<p>It’s all about the the way you write. What you write about takes second place as long as it’s relevant and applicable.</p>
<p>I used Freakonomics for some practice tests and wrote some great essays. It worked very well. Unfortunately, it didn’t fit for the actual question I had, so I didn’t use it on the real test. Anyway, if they apply to a number of topics, definitely use them. And many nonfiction books are equally, if not more, intellectual than works of fiction.</p>
<p>ya, I took the SAT yesterday and didn’t end up using any non-fiction either… it was a good option to have though, especially if i had got one of those dreaded non- traditional prompts having to do with technology or something.</p>
<p>My friend wrote about walt disney movies in both her essays (aladin and little mermaid) and got 11/12 and 12/12 respectively.
THey seem kinda unintellectual things to write about but they’ve got really good morals and stuff.</p>
<p>there is nothing wrong with that.
I used the biography of some pakistani woman and got, unfortunately, an 8. 
(that was bec. i didn’t use any big words and my second example was something a 2 year old would come up with!!!</p>
<p>Lol…I used computers and hybrid cars and managed to come up with a pretty decent essay in my opinion…</p>
<p><—most simplistic CCer…</p>
<p>Did you think the multiple choice was hard or easy because I found it particularly easy.</p>
<p>easy…</p>