You have read "To Mars or Not?," in which the author explains the reasons for and against a human space mission to Mars. Write an essay arguing whether or not a

human mission to Mars is worth the risk. Use evidence from the text to support your

response.

Your writing will be scored based on the development of ideas, organization of writing,

and language conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret