Sample Prompt 2

Directions: Think carefully about the issue presented in the following paragraph and respond to the assignment below. You have 25 minutes.

Friends are an important part of life. They make us smile, feel good and laugh. However, the famed actress Marlene Dietrich once said, “It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. in the morning that really matter.” John Collins echoed the same sentiment when he pronounced, “It’s in adversity that we know our genuine friends.”

Maybe friends only show their true color when times are tough?

Assignment: How do you feel about the idea that real friendship can only be truly revealed during troubled times in a person’s life? 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.