June 4, 2011 SAT Essay Prompts
June 4, 2011 – SAT Essay Prompts Below are essay prompts from the most recent SAT administration in June 4, 2011. Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. People assume that every accomplishment—each step in what we call progress—will lead to the solution to a problem and will help them reach the goal of understanding themselves and the world around them. In reality, however, each new answer provokes additional questions and each fresh discovery uncovers further complications. Every accomplishment leads to further problems, added responsibilities, more complications, and new challenges. Assignment:Read the rest >>
May 7, 2011 SAT Essay Prompts
May 7, 2011 – SAT Essay Prompts If you took the May 7, 2011 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Most of us tend to find rules, limits, and restraints irritating. We want to be free of anything that limits our choices. But limitations protect us. Without limitations on our behavior, too many of us will act without regard to the consequences for ourselves, for others, and for the future. Limitations contribute to, rather than take away from,Read the rest >>
May 2011 – SAT Essay Prompt
May 2011 – SAT Essay Prompt whether people achieve more alone or through teamwork rules and limitations increase happiness Does work or school make you play less “creatively” and actively? We will try to post the essay prompt right after the test on May 7, 2011.
Improving Sentences for SAT
Improving Sentences In this lesson, we are heading into the second kind of question type: “Improving Sentences”. “Improving Sentences” is probably the single most important question type you can find on the SAT. Out of 49 grammar MC questions, 25 are Improving Sentences questions. In fact, it is so important that among the 10 sections, 1 section (sec. 10 the last one) is completely devoted to it. This type of question is very similar to Identifying Sentences Errors, and chances are you will find a bunch of similar grammar mistakes. So if you’re familiar with all those common grammar pointsRead the rest >>
March 2011 – SAT Essay Prompt
March 2011 – SAT Essay Prompt If you took the March 2011 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Reality television programs, which feature real people engaged in real activities rather than professional actors performing scripted scenes, are increasingly popular. These shows depict ordinary people competing in everything from singing and dancing to losing weight, or just living their everyday lives. Most people believe that the reality these shows portray is authentic, but they are being misled. How authenticRead the rest >>
January 2011 – SAT Essay Prompt
January 2011 – SAT Essay Prompt If you took the Jaunary 2011 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Idealistic people, people who pursue great ideas in hopes of changing the world, often have ambitious plans that are difficult or even impossible to carry out. These people can claim few solid accomplishments. In contrast, practical people concentrate on workable ideas and goals, even though these may not meet an idealist’s high standards. Their approach is likely to be moreRead the rest >>
December 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt
December 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt If you took the December 2010 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Again and again we hear the complaint that we have no heroes anymore. Heroes—people who should be admired for their great courage or noble achievements—are no longer recognized in our modern world. Many people, in fact, believe that heroes existed only in the past. But this belief is wrong. Because more praise is given to the latest technological innovation thanRead the rest >>
November 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt
November 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt If you took the November 2010 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. We are very individually oriented. We see everything in terms of personal independence, personal pleasure, personal fulfillment. “Do your own thing,” we say. The idea that people can actually do things for someone or something else—a community, a school, or any other group—is lost. It is important to realize, however, that all people are interconnected. We cannot survive without eachRead the rest >>
October 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt
October 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt If you took the October 2010 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Why do we not value the creative arts more than we do? Why are subjects like music, drama, photography, and creative writing always the first to be cut from school budgets during hard times? Many would answer that, unlike math, science, history, and other subjects taught in school, the arts are unnecessary. But this is so untrue. The arts areRead the rest >>
June 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt
June 2010 – SAT Essay Prompt If you took the June 2010 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below: Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Common sense tells us that people tend to get along better with those who are like them, who think and act as they do. Many people, however, get along very well with people who are very different from them and may prefer to associate with those whose views and actions are different from their own. In fact, some people evenRead the rest >>