Locate an article from a reputable source that addresses a current topic of debate, and use it to write an informative essay discussing the topic. Cite your source using MLA style for any internal citations and
provide a Works Cited. As you write, remember that essays will be graded with a six-point rubric based on
the APE nine-point scale. High-scoring essays will demonstrate that the writer considered the prompt
carefully and responded to it insightfully with strong supporting evidence. These essays will also exhibit
stylistic sophistication, including purposeful organization, precise diction, and engaging syntax. Whether
or not the essay is timed, conforming to the conventions of standard American English is expected. You
may use any of the tools available to you, such the Checklist, Spellchecker, or Graphic Organizer
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to inform readers about the ways young people improve the world.

option 2

explanation:

the third paragraph is your answer,

"but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "