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About ACT Exam
Writing Sample Prompt
Prompts used for the ACT
Writing Test:
- describe an
issue relevant to high school students
- ask examinees
to write about their perspective on the issue
As a starting place, two
different perspectives on the issue will be provided. Examinees may choose to
support one of these perspectives or to develop a response based on their own
perspective.
Sample Prompt
Educators debate extending
high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from
employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and
community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support
extending high school to five years because they think students need more time
to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support
extending high school to five years because they think students would lose
interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your
opinion, should high school be extended to five years?
In your essay, take a
position on this question. You may write about either one of the two points of
view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use
specific reasons and examples to support your position.
The standard directions in
the second paragraph above are a part of all prompts used on the Writing Test.
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