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Practice Test 3

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ANALYTICAL WRITING ASSESSMENT

Analysis of an Issue

1 QUESTION • 30 MINUTESDirections: Using a word processor, compose a response to thefollowing statement and directive. Do not use any spell-checking orgrammar-checking functions.“Most great achievements are the result of careful planning and along, sustained effort rather than sudden bursts of creativity orinsight.”In your view, how accurate is the foregoing statement? Use reasonsand/or examples from your experience, observation, and/or reading toexplain your viewpoint.471

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Analysis of an Argument

Directions: Using a word processor, compose an essay for the following argument anddirective. Do not use any spell-checking or grammar-checking functions.The following appeared in a speech by a prominent state politician:“At Giant Industries, our state’s largest private business, the average productionworker is now 42 years old. Recently, Giant’s revenue from the sale of textiles andpaper, which together account for the majority of Giant’s manufacturing business,has declined significantly. Since an increasing percentage of new graduates fromour state’s colleges and universities are finding jobs in other states, our state willsoon face a crisis in which the size of our workforce will be insufficient to replaceour current workers as they retire, in turn resulting in widespread business failureand a reduced quality of life in our state.”Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyzethe line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you mayneed to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and whatalternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can alsodiscuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes inthe argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would helpyou better evaluate its conclusion.