Friday, March 22, 2013

Pre-AP English II: Persuasive Essay / Thoughts vs. Actions

If you missed class today, you missed an opportunity to write an End of Course-style Persuasive Essay. In approximately 45 minutes (and 26 lines) please respond to the following prompt:
Write an essay stating your position on which is more important: what a person thinks or what a person does. Be sure to —
  • state your position clearly
  • use appropriate organization
  • provide specific support for your argument
  • choose your words carefully
  • edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling
At the end of the essay please answer the following question: What are 2 clues in the prompt/"be sure to..." that inform you that you should write a persuasive, rather than an expository, essay? (Bullet points are fine.)

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