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All rights reserved. College Board, ACCUPLACER, WritePlacer, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks ofthe College Board. inspiring minds is a trademark owned by the College Board. All other products and services may be trademarks oftheir respective owners. Visit [the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.com](the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.com).  \n[www.collegeboard.com](www.collegeboard.com)  \nIntroduction to WritePlacer®  \nPrompts within the ACCUPLACER® System have been carefully designed so that the student can respond quickly and in a variety of ways. Prompts are free of technical or specific literary references and do not require specialized knowledge. The prompts are designed to stimulate critical thinking and are relevant to any number of fields and interests. Students will be asked to draw on a broad range of experiences, learning and ideas to support their point of view on the issue in question.  \nScores on WritePlacer range from 1 to 8. An essay that is too short to be evaluated, written on a topic other than the one presented, or written in a language other than English will be given a score of zero.  \nA prompt consists of a short passage adapted from some authentic text. Following the passage is an assignment that requires the student to focus on the issue addressed in the passage.  \nInstructions to Students  \nThe essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express your ideas in writing. You will first read a short passage and an assignment question that are focused on an important issue. You will then write an essay in which you develop your own point of view on the issue. You should support your position with appropriate reasoning and examples. The position you take will not influence your score.  \nYour essay will be given a holistic score that represents how clearly and effectively you expressed your position. The following six characteristics of writing will be considered:  \n•  Purpose and Focus – The extent to which you present information in a unified and coherent manner, clearly addressing the issue.  \n•  Organization and Structure – The extent to which you order and connect ideas.  \n•  Development and Support – The extent to which you develop and support ideas.  \n•  Sentence Variety and Style – The extent to which you craft sentences and paragraphs demonstrating control of vocabulary, voice and structure.  \n•  Mechanical Conventions – The extent to which you express ideas using Standard Written English.  \n•  Critical Thinking – The extent to which you communicate a point of view and demonstrate reasoned relationships among ideas.  \n© 2008 The College Board. All rights reserved.  \nSample Prompt  \n\n| Passage\u003Cbr>An actor, when his cue came, was unable to move onto the stage. He said, “I can’t get in, the chair isin the way.” And the producer said,“Use the difficulty. If it’s a drama, pick the chair up and smash it. If it’s comedy, fall over it.” From this experience the actor concluded that in any situation in life that is negative, there is something positive you can do with it.\u003Cbr>Adapted from Lawrence Eisenberg,“Caine Scrutiny.” |\n| --- |\n| Assignment\u003Cbr>Can any obstacle or disadvantage be turned into something good? |\n\nSample Essays  \nOn the pages that follow there are descriptions of each of the eight WritePlacer score points followed by two sample essays that were assigned the indicated score. Annotations are provided for each essay explaining why the essay was given the score it received. Studying these sample essays and the accompanying annotations will point out the elements considered during the scoring process.  \n© 2008 The College Board. 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