I need help with an essay, what is "prompt"?

Question

I have to brainstorm for ideas, develop a thesis, write topic sentence, and organize my ideas... BUT identify the "prompt" --- I HAVE NO IDEA what to write here!!! pLease help.

if interested: explain how the emergece of the oversized SUV has affected americans

Answer 1

The first thing which popped into my mind when I thought of "prompt" was on-time or swift.

Here's a dictionary definition:

prompt [prompt]

adjective

1.  done immediately: done at once and without delay  

2.  quick to act: ready, punctual, or quick to act  

verb (past and past participle prompt·ed, present participle prompt·ing, 3rd person present singular prompts)

1.  vt cause somebody to act: to make somebody decide to do something

What prompted him to change his mind, we don't yet know.

2.  vt bring about something: to cause something to happen

Fears of inflation prompted an immediate rise in interest rates.

3.  vti provide actor with lines: to provide actors during a performance with words or lines they have forgotten

She had to be prompted three times in the first scene.

4.  vt remind somebody: to suggest something that somebody ought to say, or give a reminder to a speaker

His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning staff.

noun (plural prompts)

1.  words supplied to performer: a reminder to a performer of the words or lines he or she has forgotten  

2.  occurrence of prompt: the act or occasion of reminding a performer of forgotten words or lines  

3.  something cuing response: a symbol or message displayed on a computer monitor or an audio signal informing a computer user that some input is required  

4.  commerce time limit for payment: the time limit of payment for goods or services, as indicated on a prompt note  

Answer 2

there are different meanings for it 1 of them are to coax/prompt someone

another is always is to be always ready

Answer 3

SUVs? People are going to start realizing that they can't pay for all that gas. And they'll get poorer. Plus, it used to give people a false sense of safety.

The prompt is what gives you the idea, the assignment for the essay. For example, a prompt could be 'Describe the law of gravity' or something like that.

Good luck.

Answer 4

prompt means being on time

Answer 5

Like on time. Fast & Ready

Answer 6

Prompt is the essay question. Like in the following " Write in essay in which you analyze and discuss the seven ways hummmingbirds fly". That whole sendtence is the prompt.