Expository prompt fear
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Expository Essay 1 Spring 2014 READ Read the quotation in the box below. THINK Different people define fear in different ways. Think about your own definition of fear. What circumstances, situations, or attitudes contribute to a person being able to use fear to their advantage? WRITE Write an essay explaining how fear can have positive effects or give an advantage to a situation. Be sure to: · clearly state your thesis · organize and develop your ideas effectively · choose your words carefully · edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear, but rather to harness it and master it.”
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Expository Essay 1 Spring 2014
READ
Read the quotation in the box below.
THINK
Different people define fear in different ways. Think about your own definition of fear. What circumstances, situations, or attitudes contribute to a person being able to use fear to their advantage?
WRITE
Write an essay explaining how fear can have positive effects or give an advantage to a situation.
Be sure to:
· clearly state your thesis
· organize and develop your ideas effectively
· choose your words carefully
· edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling
Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear, but rather to harness it and master it.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
