PART 2 – Writing Prompt DIRECTIONS:

You are about to begin PART 2 of the Language Arts Benchmark.
PART 2 is a Writing Prompt.
You will use evidence from the passage(s) to support your essay.
Enter your essay in the space provided.

You have read “Bitcoins: The Future of Money?” and “Money Through the Ages.” In both texts, the authors discuss different currencies used over the ages. Write an essay to argue whether moving to a digital currency system is beneficial to society or a dangerous departure from money systems used in the past. Develop your essay using evidence from both texts.

Manage your time carefully so that you can
plan your response and do some prewriting

type your essay

Be sure to
include a claim
use evidence from both texts
avoid over-relying on one text
Your response should be in the form of a multi-paragraph argumentative essay.

Enter your response in the space provided.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.