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6th November 2015, 11:30 AM
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SAT Essay Examples List
I have applied for Scholastic Aptitude Test SAT exam and I want to know the example essay topics of this exam so can you tell me?
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6th November 2015, 12:34 PM
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Re: SAT Essay Examples List
The Scholastic Assessment Test SAT is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. The SAT essay is intended to measure your writing skills, not your Knowledge of any specific subject. SAT essay topics must be fairly open-ended, so that anyone with a high-school education and life experiences common to all teenagers can respond to them. Most of them deal with basic philosophical, psychological, moral, or social issues. Some sample SAT Essay Topics- MLK - courage, sacrifice Ghandi - courage, sacrifice, standing up, etc Catcher in the Rye - Frustration, change, immaturity Stem cell research - two sides to an issue, practicality vs. morality Hitler - Power, corruption, propaganda Julius Caesar (play) - Pride, downfall Spider-Man - Responsibility that comes with power, perhaps loss of innocence American Revolution : Tenacity, courage, British being overconfident Ender's Game - severe pressure, emotional distress, deception Marc Antony (in the play) - style over substance, manipulation, trickery Beloved - dwelling on/getting over the past, starting a new life, effects on human psyche Advertising/Marketing - How first impressions/how something is presented affects a person's view on something Brave New World - role of technology in people's lives, does personal freedom have to be sacrificed for a happy society?, etc Lord of the Rings is infinitely usable. Twain Novels are decent. Abe Lincoln- courage, working hard/persistence/self-made man Song of Solomon- self-discovery FDR - overcoming hardship, innovative Macbeth - discrepancy of appearance v reality (Fair is foul and foul is fair) Henry CLay – compromises Munich conference - appeasing others' wishes Frankenstein: dangerous knowledge, secrets of science, monster being rejected by society, abortion. The Great Gatsby: decline of America in the 1920s, deals with upper class throughout the novel. And Then There Were None: justice, guilt. Bill Gates/Warren Buffet: wealthy people who strive to donate to charities: money can or cannot be powerful - can argue either side; also, grew up with nothing, and accomplished a lot of things. Malcolm X: civil rights leader - anti-racism. The Once and Future King: force and justice, knighthood (bravery and becoming a man). Adolf Hitler: power/corruption/ambition. Animal Farm: corruption/communism, abuse of power. King Lear: justice - believing humans get what is just since God is just. Beowulf: bravery, loyalty - Wiglaf stays and helps Beowulf while the dragon ends up killing Beowulf; Wiglaf never leaves his side, while Beowulf's other men have already fled. To Kill a Mockingbird: prejudice, educating children's innoncent minds. The Hobbit: heroism - Bilbo who develops from an average, ordinary person into a hero. The Odyssey: temptation. Fahrenheit 451: censorship, knowledge vs. ignorance. The Scarlet Letter: sin, identity. The Outsiders: the rich and poor, when male and female interace = chaos, doing things to honor him and his gang. Rosa Parks: anti-racism, stood up for what she believed in - equality among race. Les Miserables - potential of man, goodness of man, flaws of the criminal justice system attilla the hun - he turned a ragtag group of warring tribes into the most terrifying force in Asia that sacked Rome. Working together, united we stand, divided we fall, that type of stuff. Also shows that every crisis is an opportunity in disguise, because Mongolia was a podunk, nomadic land. 1984, The Giver- individuality hercules- redemption for lost innocence hector- pride, downfall Rachel Carson - courage, persistence, launched the Global Environmental Movement Is it beneficial to avoid using technology?" and I used the Soviet-American Cold War/Arms Race as one example, and my grandmother, who avoids technology like the plague! st. francis of assisi - born into wealth but hated that lifestyle, chose a life of poverty and love, etc. J. Robert Oppenheimer - genius, father of the atomic bomb, realized the horror of it and founded a commission that tried to stop the arms race Vietnam - learning from our mistakes, a "failure" Boo from To Kill a mockingbird - don't judge a book by its cover My Name is Asher Lev - Two conflicting cultures Bave New World/1984 - Product of the environment Nineteen Minutes - Conformity The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - Standing up for what you believe in, civil disobedience, simplicity, non conformity, protecting nature The Great Gastby - Good intentions with bad actions, social rules Death of a Salesman - Death of American Dream, capitalism, you make what you're worth The Importance of being Earnest - Defining a person by a name, social rules The Strnager - absurdity of life, logic v. reality Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Ends justify the means, society's fascination with violence Microsoft/Apple - creativity I guess, change, technology... Anna Politskovskaya- truth and objectivity Oedipus- excessive pride Holden- detached from world (you could use him for so many things) Napoleon/Hitler- History repeats itself Kite Runner- Loyalty John Rabe- Loyalty |