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Pros And Cons Of Standardized Testing Writing Prompts

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In recent study done by Walter Bowne, a teacher of journalism, composition, and rhetoric for nearly twenty years, he realized that a writer’s true potential is not always shown when doing standardized testing writing prompts. These are the prompts that you might find while taking tests like the ACT, SAT, and PSAT. These prompts tell you what to write, how to write it, and the amount of time you have to do the writing. With that amount of rules and regulations, how are you supposed to have any freedom in your essays. We should have at least a little say in what we write. If I want to start a sentence with “and”, I should have the right to do so.
I believe that writing essays from standardized tests don’t show a writer’s true potential. Therefore,
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