“good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.” – c. a. bartol
bartol’s quote reveals the preoccupation with manners as evidence of morals. some might argue that today’s youth have a poor sense of manners, and therefore poor morals. is this true? do today’s youth lack the morals of previous generations? or are they simply changing with the times? plan and write an essay in which you take and develop a position on this issue. support your position with reasoning and examples from your experience and observations.

what type of question does this prompt present?
a.

open-ended

c.

interpretive
b.

closed

The type of question that the prompt presents is a. open-ended.

An open-ended question is a question that is answered using more than one word, unlike closed-ended questions. Most open-ended questions encourage an answer that includes the subject's opinion about a specific topic. In other words, they encourage the act of reflecting. It is the case of the questions in the prompt, which asks the readers to develop a position about the topic based on their own experience and observation.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease