LEAP Writing Prompts Examples

You have now read two articles about the beginning of sound technology and one article about modern technology. Write an essay explaining how the process of refining and marketing the phonograph is similar to the development of the Audio Spotlight in “Psst . . . Hey, You.” Be sure to use details from all three articles to support your answer. (a)  

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Both Charles Dickens and James Joyce incorporate dialogue into their passages. Use the evidence you have gathered from both passages to write an essay analyzing how the dialogue in each passage functions to reveal aspects of the characters. You should discuss more than one character from each passage (a)  

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Beginning after paragraph 9, write an alternate ending to the folktale using details about the characters and events from the passage. You may choose to use dialogue in your new ending.

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The authors of “Klondike Gold Rush” and “A Woman Who Went to Alaska” and the narrator of the transcript from “City of Gold” are discussing the same topic but are using different points of view. How does each person’s point of view shape the reader’s understanding of the miners’ lives? Use details from each source to support your answer

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You have read passages from the novels The Georges and the Jewels and Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse. Both were written in the first-person point of view. Write an essay in which you compare the way the authors use first-person point of view to develop the characters. Be sure to cite specific examples from both passages.

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Write a narrative in which you continue the story of “Believing in Horses”. Your narrative should be a believable continuation of the events, and it should clearly reflect the characterization and setting in the passage

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Refer to the article titled “The Stripes Will Survive,” the passage titled “The Zoos Go Wild,” and a passage from the article “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment.”. You have read three texts that claim that the role of zoos is to protect animals. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the evidence each source uses to support this claim. Be sure to use evidence from all three sources to support your response.

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You have read two texts about people who make pottery. Think about how the narrator in the passage from A Single Shard and the speaker in “Turn, Turn, My Wheel” respond to the potters in each text. Write an essay that compares and contrasts how the narrator and the speaker view the potters in the passage and in the poem. Be sure to cite specific details and examples from both texts to support your essay

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Imagine Alice has returned from her journey down the rabbit hole and is retelling the events to her sister. Write a story from Alice’s point of view, in which Alice explains what happened to her after she reached the bottom of the rabbit hole. Be sure to use dialogue to show how Alice’s sister responds to the story. Use details from the passage in your response

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Today you have read two passages about main characters, Stef and Darnell, who are each faced with a challenge.

Write an essay that describes each character’s challenge and compares how each character responds to the challenge Use evidence from both passages to support your response.

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