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470 McGRAW-HILL’S SAT

Practice Essay 6

Time—25 minutes

Directions for Writing the Essay

Plan and write an essay that answers the question below Do NOT write on another topic An essay on another topic will receive a score of 0

Two readers will grade your essay based on how well you develop your point of view, organize and ex-plain your ideas, use speciﬁc and relevant examples to support your thesis, and use clear and effective language How well you write is much more important than how much you write, but to cover the topic adequately you should plan to write several paragraphs

Your essay must be written only on the lines provided on your answer sheet You will have enough space

if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size Your essay will be read by people who are not familiar with your handwriting, so write legibly

You may use this sheet for notes and outlining, but these will not be graded as part of your essay

Consider carefully the issue discussed in the following passage, then write an essay that answers the ques-tion posed in the assignment

Acquiring knowledge is like scaling a mountain The proper attitude in reaching a

sum-mit, however, is to marvel not so much at one’s achievement as at the glorious view of the

unknown beyond A well-educated person is known not so much for the questions he or she

can answer as for the questions he or she can ask

Assignment: What is one great question that every educated person should ask? Write an essay

in which you indicate what this question should be and explain the reasons for your choice You may draw inspiration and support from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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CHAPTER 13 / ESSAY WRITING PRACTICE 471

Some people spend their lives waiting for the one great challenge that will deﬁne them

Every society needs such people, who forge into the unknown and lay new foundations But

society also depends very much on those who meet the small challenges, like feeding

mouths and minds and hearts

Assignment: Are we deﬁned more by great challenges in our lives or by small, everyday challenges?

Write an essay in which you answer this question and discuss your point of view on this issue Support your position logically with examples from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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Freedom requires the eradication of repression from tyrants and from want, but

elimi-nating these is not enough We must also eliminate the means by which we oppress ourselves,

through our peeves, our addictions, and in our insecurities This may involve strengthening

the restraints within ourselves

Assignment: Does freedom require eliminating restraints on behavior, or does it require

creating or strengthening certain restraints? Write an essay in which you answer this

question and discuss your point of view on this issue Support your position logically with examples from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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We employ many devices to maintain or create peace among countries—trade

agree-ments, cultural exchanges, treaties But nothing unites humanity as well as a common foe

Mutual fear of nature or of foreign ideologies is perhaps the greatest diplomacy we know

Assignment: What is the most significant means of bringing people together in peace? Write

an essay in which you answer this question and discuss your point of view on this issue Support your position logically with examples from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

Note: Write your practice essay on two pages of standard lined paper

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We love best not what gives the greatest pleasure, but what comes through the greatest

effort, because this effort provides meaning A plastic medallion received after completing

a marathon is not just a $2.00 trinket, but the representation of months of effort and

sacri-ﬁce The best things in life are not free, but come at the expense of hard work

Assignment: Do we love things most that come at a great cost, or are the best things in life truly

free? Write an essay in which you answer this question and discuss your point of view

on this issue Support your position logically with examples from literature, the arts, his-tory, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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Defeating an enemy by force always has profound, and usually unforeseen, consequences

Destroying another requires destroying a part of one’s own humanity, and strengthening

resentment in others It is better to understand one’s enemy, to learn the subtler but more

enobling art of persuasion and coexistence

Assignment: Is it more important to defeat your enemy or to understand your enemy? Write

an essay in which you answer this question and discuss your point of view on this issue Support your position logically with examples from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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A person’s greatness derives from the many small moral choices one makes moment by

moment To be born into great wealth, power, or ability is not to be great at all Rather,

great-ness only comes from the continual choice to use that endowment wisely, to struggle with the

needs of humanity as a member of its family

Assignment: Are human beings more the products of their endowments, or of their choices?

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We tend to think that rewarding people for doing good things is always better than

punishing them for doing bad things We often fail, however, to realize that rewards can

be oppressive, too Giving someone a prize for doing something he or she would do anyway

often makes that person feel manipulated What’s worse, competition for prizes, which

invariably occurs when rewards are doled out systematically, often breeds resentment

and division rather than cooperation

Assignment: Are reward systems, like grades, prizes, and work bonuses, effective means of

controlling human behavior? Write an essay in which you answer this question and

discuss your point of view on this issue Support your position logically with examples from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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History books record the deeds of the great inventors, warriors, explorers, and artists, but

the real fabric of society is determined by consumers and ordinary workers—not those who

make, but those who use; not those who ﬁnd, but those who settle; not those who ﬁght, but

those who repair the damage

Assignment: Which is more important to a society: the demands of consumers or the dreams

of artists, discoverers, and inventors? Write an essay in which you answer this

ques-tion and discuss your point of view on this issue Support your posiques-tion logically with examples from literature, the arts, history, politics, science and technology, current events, or your experience or observation

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Paradise is not to be found in a life of plenty and ease, free from all suffering Without

challenges to meet, pain to which we can compare delight, and barriers to surmount,

par-adise would be tedium Give me the pain and inspiration of struggle over the perfection of

your heaven

Assignment: Is it better to seek difficult challenges, or to seek relief from difficult challenges?

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