SAT Essay Prompts - March 2014
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The following are the SAT essay prompts given for March 2014.
We have a collection of the new SAT Essay Prompts, ordered according to years, from March 2005 till the most recent test released by College Board.March 2014
If you took the March 2014 SAT, you would have been given one of the essay prompts below:
Prompt 1
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following
excerpt and the assignment below.
Many people are philanthropists, giving money to those in need.
And many people believe that those who are rich—those who can
afford to give the most—should contribute the most to charitable
organizations. Others, however, disagree. Why should those who are
more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help
those who are less fortunate?
Assignment:
Should people who are more fortunate than others have more of a moral obligation to help those who are less fortunate? 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.
Prompt 2
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following
excerpt and the assignment below.
Our culture puts entirely too much emphasis on popular
entertainment. Of course, we all need to be distracted
occasionally, but if we spend a lot of time browsing our favorite
websites, watching television, playing video games, or updating
our social networking accounts, we are merely avoiding life's more
important realities. Moreover, none of these activities helps us
develop any of the skills or acquire any of the knowledge we need
to succeed in the real world.
Assignment:
Can popular entertainment offer us anything of value, or is it just a worthless distraction? 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.
Prompt 3
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following
excerpt and the assignment below.
By never being satisfied with what we have, we are never content.
Our focus on growth, progress, and the idea of "more" makes us
fundamentally unhappy, always seeking more than what we need. I
used to believe greatly in "growth", but I've changed my mind. It
now makes sense to me that growth for growth's sake creates a
fundamental dissatisfaction with what I have.
Adapted from Ron McDonald, The Spirituality of Community
Life: When We Come Round Right
Assignment:
Do growth and progress make us happy or do they lead to dissatisfaction? 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.
SAT & ACT Writing: Writing a Strong Essay
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- writing a good topic sentence
- writing a strong paragraph that supports your thesis statement
- writing a strong conclusion that restates your thesis statement and provides examples.
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