Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

178 • W RITING

Š‹• •‡…–‹‘…‘–ƒ‹• –™‘ ”‹–‹‰ “—‹œœ‡•Ǥ Š‡ ϐ‹”•– “—‹œ ‹• ƒ †‹”‡…–‡† •–—†› “—‹œ ƒ† ‹• ‘– –‹‡†Ǥ Write your essay and then review the provided sample responses. The second quiz is a timed quiz. Take the second quiz under the indicated timed conditions to practice your pacing as you apply what you learned in the Writing Lessons.

DIRECTED STUDY QUIZ (1 Essay Prompt)

DIRECTIONS: You have 40 minutes to plan and write an essay. Read the prompt carefully and make sure you understand the instructions. Fracking Š‡ “—‡•– ˆ‘” ϐ‹†‹‰ ƒ††‹–‹‘ƒŽ •‘—”…‡• ‘ˆ ‡‡”‰› ‹• ‡˜‡”Ǧ‡†‹‰ǡ ƒ† ‘—” †‡ƒ† ˆ‘” ˆ‘••‹Ž ˆ—‡Ž• Šƒ• †‘‹ƒ–‡† ‘—” ‡‡”‰›…‘•—’–‹‘Ǥ ”ƒ…‹‰ ȋŠ›†”ƒ—Ž‹…ˆ”ƒ…–—”‹‰Ȍǡ ™Š‹…Š Dz’”‹‡•dz ˆ‘••‹Ž ˆ—‡Ž ”‡•‘—”…‡• ˆ”‘ –Š‡ ‡ƒ”–Šǯ•…”—•–ǡ ‹• ‘‡ ”‡…‡– †‡˜‡Ž‘’‡– ƒ– –Š‡ ˆ‘”‡ˆ”‘– ‘ˆ ‹‘˜ƒ–‹‘• –‘ ’”‘˜‹†‡ ‘—”…‘—–”› ™‹–Š •—ˆϐ‹…‹‡– ‡‡”‰›Ǥ Š‹Ž‡ ˆ”ƒ…‹‰ ‘ˆˆ‡”• ‰”‡ƒ– ’”‘‹•‡ ‹ †‡Ž‹˜‡”‹‰ ˆ—‡Ž –‘ –Š‡ ™‘”Ž†ǡ •‘‡…”‹–‹…• ’‘‹– –‘ –Š‡ ‡˜‹”‘‡–ƒŽ †ƒƒ‰‡ ‹–…ƒ…ƒ—•‡ǡ ‹…Ž—†‹‰ ’‘ŽŽ—–‹‘ ƒ† †‡•–ƒ„‹Ž‹œƒ–‹‘ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‡ƒ”–Šǯ•…”—•–Ǥ Ž•‘ǡ…”‹–‹…• •ƒ› –Šƒ– –Š‡ •—……‡•• ‘ˆ ˆ”ƒ…‹‰ ™‹ŽŽ „”‹‰ a halt to the development of renewable energy sources as alternatives to fossil fuel. Although ˆ”ƒ…‹‰ ™‘—Ž† ‰”‡ƒ–Ž› ‹…”‡ƒ•‡ ‘—” ƒ……‡•• –‘ ˆ‘••‹Ž ˆ—‡Ž•ǡ ‹• ‹– ƒ •—•–ƒ‹ƒ„Ž‡ •‘Ž—–‹‘ǡ ‰‹˜‡ –Š‡ ‡˜‹”‘‡–ƒŽ ”‹••ǫ • ‘–Š‡” ˆ‘••‹Ž ˆ—‡Ž •‘—”…‡• †‹‹‹•Šǡ ’‘Ž‹…›ƒ‡”• —•– ƒ††”‡•• –Š‡ „‡‡ϐ‹–• ƒ† ”‹•• ‘ˆ ˆ”ƒ…‹‰Ǥ Perspective 1 Perspective 2 Perspective 3 Dependence on fossil fuels must stop. We need –‘ ϐ‹† ƒŽ–‡”ƒ–‹˜‡ ‡‡”‰› •‘—”…‡• –Šƒ– ƒ”‡ ”‡Ž‹ƒ„Ž‡ǡ ”‡‡™ƒ„Ž‡ǡ ƒ† •ƒˆ‡Ǥ Human ingenuity must „‡ ’—– –‘ –Š‡ –‡•– –‘ ϐ‹† such sources as quickly as possible for our survival. Fracking holds promise for ‰”‡ƒ–‡” ‡‡”‰› •—ˆϐ‹…‹‡…› ‹ –Š‡ Ǥ ‘™‡˜‡”ǡ the process also has environmental risks that pose tremendous dangers –‘ Š—ƒǡ ’Žƒ–ǡ ƒ† animal life. Fossil fuels are necessary for our societies to function. Methods of extracting fossil fuels from –Š‡ ‡ƒ”–Šǯ•…”—•–ǡ ‹…Ž—†‹‰ ˆ”ƒ…‹‰ǡ ƒ”‡…”—…‹ƒŽ because there are still great quantities of fossil fuel beneath the earth’s surface.