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Score Explanation This essay insightfully and effectively develops the point of view that heroes “are those who say what we think when we ourselves lack the courage to say it.” The writer demonstrates outstanding critical thinking by focusing on historical and literary examples of courageous individuals who have spoken out and inspired others to act. In paragraph two, the essay describes how Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke out against racism in a time when people opposed it “but no one had yet had the courage to say it at all, let alone in a public speech.” Paragraph three describes how, by not gullibly believing the tailors as everyone else does, and by simply voicing the fact that the Emperor is not wearing clothes, the heroic child in “The Emperor’s New Clothes” encourages the townspeople to think for themselves. Finally, the essay offers the example of Thomas Paine daring to speak out by publishing “Common Sense” in reaction to the British mistreatment of the American colonies. By stating what many of the colonists were already aware of, “Paine may well have changed the course of American history from a path of submission to abuse to the path of freedom and justice we try to follow today.” By fully explaining each example and then deftly moving to the next, the essay demonstrates clear coherence and smooth progression of ideas. This essay exhibits a skillful use of language and demonstrates meaningful variety in sentence structure (“This went on for years, until finally Thomas Paine wrote his pamphlet that spread across America, daring to say that Britain was taking advantage of the colonies and treating them like misbehaving children instead of rational human beings. The colonists all knew that they were being taxed exorbitantly without direct representation, but before ‘Common Sense’ came out, no one had dared to take the risk of saying so”). Overall, this essay demonstrates clear and consistent mastery, and it receives the highest s