Sample Prompt 4

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

Anger is an emotion common to all human beings. Laurence J. Peter said, “Speak when you are angry and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” On the other hand, Malcolm X had a different point of view about anger claiming, “Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when people get angry, they bring about a change.”

Maybe anger has two sides, like a coin?

Assignment: How do you feel about the idea that anger can be both a positive or negative force depending upon how it is used? 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.