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Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

November Retest 2007
Writing Prompt

Often in works of literature, a character influences others in good or bad ways.

From a work of literature you have read in or out of school, select a character who has the power to influence other characters in good or bad ways. In a well-developed composition, identify the character, describe how the character influences others in good or bad ways, and explain how the character's behavior is important to the work of literature.

November 2007 Retest
Sample "Off-Topic" Composition
(0 out of 20 points)

student sample part 1
student sample part 2
student sample part 3

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