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Practice # Essay 8 Make time to take the practice Essay. It’s one of the best ways to get ready for the SAT Essay. For information on scoring your essay, view the SAT Essay scoring rubric at sat.org/essay. © 2016 The College Board. College Board, SAT, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. As you read the passage below, consider how Bobby Braun uses • evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims. • reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence. • stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed. Adapted from Bobby Braun, “Space Technology: A Critical Investment for Our Nation’s Future.” ©2014 by Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. Originally published in the Hill, October 27, 2011. 1 Aerospace remains a strong component of our national fabric and is the largest positive contributor to our nation’s trade balance. However, this technological leadership position is not a given. To remain the leader in aerospace technology, we must continue to perform research and invest in the people who will create the breakthroughs of tomorrow, preserving a critical component of our nation’s economic competitiveness for future generations. 2 For NASA,1 past cutting-edge technology investments led to design and flight of the Apollo missions, the space shuttle, the International Space Station and a myriad of robotic explorers that allowed us to reach destinations across our solar system and peer across the universe. NASA remains one of the nation’s premiere research and development agencies, pursuing breakthrough technologies that will expand the frontiers of aeronautics and space. 3 Unfortunately, the pioneering spirit embodied by this storied agency is endangered as a result of chronic underinvestment in basic and applied research. In a recent report on the state of NASA’s technology plans, the National Research Council offered a stark assessment: “Success in executing future NASA space missions will depend on advanced technology developments that should already be underway. However, it has been years since NASA has had a vigorous, broad-based program in advanced space technology. NASA’s technology base is largely depleted. Currently, available technology is insufficient to accomplish many intended space missions. Future U.S. leadership in space requires a foundation of sustained technology advances.” 4 America is beginning an exciting new chapter in human space exploration. This chapter centers on full use of the International Space Station, maturation of multiple American vehicles for delivering astronauts and cargo to low-Earth orbit, development of a crew vehicle and an evolvable heavy-lift rocket—two critical building blocks for our nation’s deep-space exploration future—and advancement of a suite of new in-space technologies that will allow us to send explorers safely into deep space for the first time. 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2 Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 5 By investing in the high payoff, transformative technology that the aerospace industry cannot tackle today, NASA will mature the systems required for its future missions while proving the capabilities and lowering the cost of other government agency and commercial space activities. Developing these solutions will create high-tech jobs. 6 NASA’s technology investments continue to make a difference in the world around us. Knowledge provided by weather and navigational spacecraft, efficiency improvements in both ground and air transportation, super computers, solar- and wind-generated energy, the cameras found in many of today’s cellphones, improved biomedical applications including advanced medical imaging and more nutritious infant formula, and the protective gear that keeps our military, firefighters and police safe, have all benefitted from our nation’s investments in aerospace technology. 7 For many of the tens of thousands of engineering and science students in our nation’s universities today, the space program provides the opportunity to invent technologies today that will form the foundation for humanity’s next great leap across the solar system. For this new generation of engineers and scientists, and for those working across NASA at this moment, the future starts today. Modest, sustained federal investment in space technology, at a funding level approaching 5 percent of NASA’s budget (well below the R&D2 budget of many corporations), is the key ingredient to their success. A NASA that is reaching for grand challenges and operating at the cutting-edge is critical not only for our country’s future in space but also for America’s technological leadership position in the world. 8 Nearly 50 years ago, a young president gave NASA a grand challenge—one chosen not for its simplicity, but for its audacity, not for its ultimate goal or destination, but to “organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.” In accomplishing that goal, NASA not only defined what we now call “rocket science,” but also made a lasting imprint on the economic, national security and geopolitical landscape of the time. 9 NASA can do the same today. This is the task for which this agency was built. This is the task this agency can complete. America expects no less. Write an essay in which you explain how Bobby Braun builds an argument to persuade his audience that the US government must continue to invest in NASA. In your essay, analyze how Braun uses one or more of the features listed in the box above (or features of your own choice) to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of his argument. Be sure that your analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage. Your essay should not explain whether you agree with Braun’s claims, but rather explain how Braun builds an argument to persuade his audience. 2 Research and development Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 3 INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH (3-5 SENTENCES) NASA ESSAY Explanation of Essay Parts Introduction (2-5 sentences): ​Begin with a statement that explains the central claim of the passage's argument; this statement should provide some context for what you’ll be discussing in the essay. It can be brief if you’re short on time (1-2 sentences) Thesis: ​Next comes the all-important ​thesis statement that includes a clear outlining of what aspects of the author's argument you'll be discussing​. You can be very specific (e.g. "statistics about air-conditioning usage in the US") or more vague (e.g. "quantitative data") here - the important part is that you'll be supporting your opinion with proof (1-2 sentences)​. BODY PARAGRAPH #1 (7-10 SENTENCES) Explanation of Essay Parts NASA ESSAY Introduce your first example with some kind of transition (1 sentence). In this case, the writer linked this body paragraph to the introduction by explaining how his example (AC usage statistics) relates to one of the persuasive techniques he'll be discussing (statistics): it is an example of the harm created by overuse of air-conditioning. . Next, provide relevant information about when and how in the passage the author uses this persuasive technique (4-7 sentences). Be sure to paraphrase or direct quote the passage for the strongest evidence. Finally, explain how this example works to strengthen the author's argument (3-4 sentences). BODY PARAGRAPH #2 (7-10 SENTENCES) Explanation of Essay Parts NASA ESSAY Transition from the previous paragraph into this example (1 sentence). Provide at least one specific example of how the author uses the persuasive technique you're discussing in this paragraph (2-5 sentences). Next, explain how and why this example persuades the reader of the author's opinion. (3-4 sentences). OPTIONAL-BODY PARAGRAPH #3 (6-10 SENTENCES) Explanation of Essay Parts This paragraph is in the same format as Example 2. You should only include a third example if you think it’s strong and will help (rather than detract from) your point. In the case of the essay we've been using as the backbone of this template, the author had the time to write a third example. Here it is, broken down in the same way as the previous example, starting with a transition from the previous paragraph (1 sentence): NASA ESSAY Provide at least one specific example of how the author uses the persuasive technique you're discussing in this paragraph (2-5 sentences). Explain how and why this example persuades the reader of the author's opinion. (3-4 sentences). CONCLUSION (2-5 SENTENCES) Explanation of Essay Parts Restate your thesis, using different words (1-2 sentences). You may also choose to mention the examples you used if you have time and if it adds anything (1-2 sentences). In this case, the author of the essay chose not to, or possibly ran out of time. NASA ESSAY
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NASA Essay
Introduction
Space technology has been an essential aspect of the economic and technological
development of the country. The rise of the space program led to technological advancements
that continue to shape our lives even today. The nation must invest adequately in space research
to realize the potential in technology available through space exploration.
Investing in space research will contribute to f...


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