Download Prompt for Persuasive Writing Read the following quotation. You

Prompt for Persuasive Writing
Read the following quotation.
You have made your choice; you can be what you want to be. But I will bury him; and if I must
die, I say that the crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him
as he is to me. It is the dead, not the living that make the longest demands.
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Antigone to Ismene, Prologue of the Play Antigone by Sophocles
Think carefully about the following statement.
Some people believe that being loyal to your family is the most important value in life, while others think
that obeying society’s rules is more important.
Write an essay stating your position on which is more important: loyalty to family or loyalty to society’s
laws.
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state your position clearly
use appropriate organization
provide specific support for your argument
choose your words carefully
edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling