May SAT® Essay Prompts

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May SAT® Essay Prompts
1 @( L, }4 e) t  SIf you took the May 2008 SAT Reasoning Test, you had one of the essay prompts below:

Prompt 1
8 a# O6 _' ^; A; m0 V5 ?+ ], [Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
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# Q' I1 ?$ ^8 p/ I: b) S1 @$ l4 P: y6 |Technological advances have freed society from tiresome labor, such as washing clothes by hand, hauling heavy loads, and walking long distances, and have given people increased access to information and entertainment. Yet, when given a choice, many people still resist using modern conveniences. There must be something to be gained from not using technology.

6 q& `6 F2 Y( \Assignment:
Are there benefits to be gained from avoiding the use of modern technology, even when using it would make life easier? 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.
0 }3 H: Q" D, l4 I6 d$ L$ q4 A- FPrompt 2
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
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* U, a& b+ m1 ?* pFrom talent contests to the Olympics to the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, we constantly seek to reward those who are "number one." This emphasis on recognizing the winner creates the impression that other competitors, despite working hard and well, have lost. In many cases, however, the difference between the winner and the losers is slight. The wrong person may even be selected as the winner. Awards and prizes merely distract us from valuable qualities possessed by others besides the winners.

Assignment:
Do people place too much emphasis on winning? 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.
# n' T" O: O* P6 H. }Prompt 3
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
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There are those who believe that everything we do is inspired by the desire for power in its various forms. They maintain that our actions are nothing but expressions of a striving for power. In this view, even when we act kindly toward other people, we are motivated, whether we know it or not, by a desire to have some control over their lives, for our act of kindness puts them partially in our power.
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Adapted from Leszek Kolakowski, Freedom, Fame, Lying, and Betrayal: Essays on Everyday Life

. f) u0 ~. a9 N' W9 c% h# @5 DAssignment:
- h% ~+ l, G( J7 @% b+ }Are people's actions motivated primarily by a desire for power over others? 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 4
Not yet available.
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; o- F7 C* c) MAfter the Test
If you took the black-and-white cover version of the SAT Reasoning Test on Saturday, May 3, 2008, you had one of two section orders. Your test was organized like this:
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+ E& n- }' a, j7 f, TEssay
8 T4 c. g+ C' A5 E4 IMathematics
+ d$ ?2 Q) l$ _; U' f' VEquating (the one that doesn't count toward your score)
7 i0 D" ~# ?- `& Y' A, h: KReading (includes 2 long passages)
Mathematics (includes SPR questions)
  O( Z3 [& ^& Q5 ~Writing
$ v- [, \8 I& _7 c/ N! ]5 \/ t$ kReading
Mathematics
Reading
Writing
OR, like this:
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2 u+ s5 k; J5 S! r0 B9 \Essay
2 N% {1 ~* j* T; Q- S' O9 O. i$ t8 k8 PEquating (the one that doesn't count toward your score)
6 T1 i. g- M9 z% eMathematics
Writing
# d: ?/ n/ h- ^, h. lReading
Mathematics (includes SPR questions)
5 ~& c7 t3 H  f% }6 _Reading (includes 2 long passages)
  k# @& ^: w2 k! iReading
Mathematics
Writing
If you took the pink cover version of the SAT Reasoning Test on Saturday, May 3, 2008, you had one of two section orders. Your test was organized like this:
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- U, N& k& h( U/ ], x3 WEssay
Mathematics
2 _& `7 i) \4 \1 d% l4 vReading (includes 2 long passages)
Mathematics (includes SPR questions)
1 r  x. c' D; [( QWriting
0 H, Q4 q/ P8 GReading
7 Y2 g4 |/ m( y" d" w' q4 h9 b  G, ?9 jMathematics
Reading
Writing
! x7 w8 s) p7 }- o. K2 W2 L% Y6 YOR, like this:
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Essay
- V- c: q6 a9 s. W; H8 G8 iMathematics
& @. d3 p  `+ q7 @3 ~Writing
# I0 p) b3 X% }. I& aReading
Mathematics (includes SPR questions)
2 r' I) v7 T$ ]- NReading (includes 2 long passages)
Reading
; d- p1 K6 J& d# w6 \, @7 v/ lMathematics
Writing
If you took the black-and-white cover version of the SAT Reasoning Test on Sunday, May 4, 2008, your test was organized like this::
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Essay
Reading
Mathematics (includes SPR questions)
/ j2 u% F; C. n+ nMathematics
' M" @' e9 R6 GReading (includes 2 long passages)
/ L5 l8 q+ Z# v1 c- JEquating (the one that doesn't count toward your score)
8 B# P8 q& f" j& T$ sWriting
! h' ~1 V) x" p( L& PMathematics
$ L1 p5 Y) H9 I7 Y7 \  \' N2 \Reading
Writing
If you took the pink cover version of the SAT Reasoning Test on Sunday, May 4, 2008, your test was organized like this:

! l+ Y4 V& @' Z' c+ y4 b  kEssay
Reading
4 U  C( K" U( }Mathematics (includes SPR questions)
Mathematics
; i: q5 F& s/ ?6 z* T* |+ \Reading (includes 2 long passages)
* Y+ e9 y8 F9 G5 ~/ \. c4 _" fWriting
Mathematics
- ]$ _3 c0 p+ ?8 b; V: DReading
8 x+ }& ]/ v- QWriting
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