<p>This will be of a great help. Thanks much</p>
<p>Sure! </p>
<p>Here’s one from the blue book: </p>
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<h2>PROMPT</h2>
<p>Is it important to question the ideas and decisions of people in positions of authority? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. </p>
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<h2>STUDENT RESPONSE</h2>
<p>Authority figures, whether teachers, heads of nations, or other positions of power, may not always be in line with that morality. In order to determine whether an authority figure is doing what is just, individuals must speak out when they perceive injustice. Oftentimes, that means questioning authority.</p>
<p>Dystopic novels often portray systems of national leadership in which questioning governmental authority is explicitly forbidden. George Orwells novel 1984 is such a story. The government is known collectively as “Big Brother,” who is a symbolic entity continually watching over every citizen. The language, Newspeak, is constantly being updated to control peoples expression and thereby control their thoughts. Anyone caught even thinking something other than Big Brother would want them to think are arrested by the Thought Police. Under this regime, there are virtually no independent thinkers. Every piece of information given to the people comes through the government, which has the power to change facts and history with utter impunity. The main character, Winston, manages to catch on, but in the end, he is finally brainwashed by torture. In this society of obedient drones, truth is irrelevant because there are no lies.</p>
<p>When a student goes through formal education, he must be on his guard when it comes to what he absorbs. In the midst of objective facts, all too often a teacher may attempt to indoctrinate him with the teachers own ideology. One need only look at the majority of United States universities. There are thousands of easily-accessed articles exposing documented incidences of teachers boldly instilling in their students the liberal ideology. Universities are cesspools of leftist professors who punish students who express differences of opinion. Yet without those few questioning students, the rest of the student body would be subjected to unadulterated liberal lectures, with nary an opposing view in earshot. In order to form proper opinions, students must be exposed to both sides of an issue, and both sides must be questioned so as to ascertain the truth of each.</p>
<p>Leaders of other countries must also be questioned by nonresidents so as to discover precisely what is happening under their authority.</p>
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<h2>SCORE EXPLANATION</h2>
<p>This essay demonstrates outstanding critical thinking by effectively and insightfully developing a point of view (In order to determine whether an authority figure is doing what is just, individuals must speak out when they perceive injustice. Oftentimes, that means questioning authority), providing clearly appropriate reasons and examples from literature and current events as support. The essay is well organized and clearly focused on authorities who “indoctrinate” others, displaying clear coherence and smooth progression of ideas (Universities are cesspools of leftist professors who punish students who express differences of opinion. Yet without those few questioning students, the rest of the student body would be subjected to unadulterated liberal lectures, with nary an opposing view in earshot. In order to form proper opinions, students must be exposed to both sides of an issue, and both sides must be questioned so as to ascertain the truth of each). Using a varied, accurate, and apt vocabulary, the response exhibits skillful use of language, and there is meaningful variety in sentence structure throughout (Every piece of information given to the people comes through the government, which has the power to change facts and history with utter impunity). Demonstrating clear and consistent mastery, this essay receives a score of 6.</p>