Transcript How to write DBQ

HOW TO WRITE DBQ
THE DBQ MAKES UP 25% OF YOUR SCORE AND IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF THE EXAM
STEP 1
• READ THE QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!! ASK YOURSELF: WHAT IS THIS QUESTION ASKING ME TO DO
• READ THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. IT CAN REALLY HELP GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE INTO THE
TIME PERIOD AND POSSIBLE TIPS FOR POV'S.
• LIST ANY IDEAS ABOUT QUESTION OR HISTORY THAT COME TO MIND
• RE-READ QUESTION AND RE AFFIRM WHAT IS THIS QUESTION ASKING ME TO DO
STEP 2
• START AT THE TOP WITH THE SOURCE. UNDERLINE AND WRITE EVERYTHING TO COMES TO MIND ABOUT SOURCE.
(EXAMPLE PRIEST= CATHOLIC)
• READ THE DOCUMENT. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT WORDS THAT WILL HELP YOU SUMMARIZE MAJOR POINTS
• AFTER READING ASK: WHY WOULD THAT AUTHOR HAVE THAT POSITION? THIS
IS WHERE YOU WILL GET
POINT OF VIEW
• CONTINUE STEPS WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS.
•
AS YOU READ CATEGORIZE BEGIN CATEGORIZE.
• THINK PERSIA- POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, RELIGION, SOCIAL,
INTELLECTUAL, ARTISTIC
STEP 3: DEVELOP THESIS
THESIS= YOUR ARGUMENT AND ROADMAP FOR
ESSAY (SHOULD OUTLINE YOUR PARAGRAPHS)
• ANSWER THE QUESTION!!! BE CERTAIN THAT YOU READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY AND THEN
CLEARLY ANSWER EACH PART OF THE QUESTION IN YOUR THESIS AND PARAGRAPHS.
• CLEARLY AND SPECIFICALLY RELATE EACH MAIN POINT YOU MAKE BACK TO THE QUESTION.
• CLEARLY ANSWER THE QUESTION IN YOUR THESIS. THE THESIS SHOULD TAKE A STAND ON
THE QUESTION.
• THE THESIS SHOULD OUTLINE YOUR PAPER! I SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR PARAGRAPHS
STEP 4: WRITE INTRODUCTION
• SET THE STAGE: YOUR 1ST AND MAYBE 2ND SENTENCE SHOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION:
WHERE AND WHEN ARE YOU DISCUSSING IN YOUR PAPER. EUROPE IS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH
• 1ST AND 2ND SENTENCE INCLUDE BROAD GENERALITIES ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD AND WHERE
IN EUROPE YOU ARE DISCUSSING. BASIC FACTS ON GENDER, RACE, CULTURE, ART, ETC.
SHOULD BE INCLUDED
• 3RD SENTENCE YOUR THESIS
STEP 5: BODY
• WRITE YOUR BODY
• BEGIN WITH YOUR STRONGEST POINT IN YOUR THESIS
• QUOTING/ REFERENCING DOCS
• NEVER QUOTE LONGER THAN ONE LINE
• NEVER BEGIN OR END WITH A QUOTE. ALWAYS EXPLAIN IT
• NEVER SAY DOCUMENT 4 SAYS. THESE DOCUMENTS WERE WRITTEN BY PEOPLE
SO USE THEIR NAMES. AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT CITE IT LIKE THIS (DOCUMENT 1)
• NEVER USE I, THEY, IT, AND OTHER NONSPECIFIC TERMS
STEP 6 CONCLUSION
• IF THERE IS TIME
• 1ST SENTENCE RE STATE YOUR THESIS IN DIFFERENT WORDS
• 2ND AND THIRD HIGHLIGHT MAJOR POINTS/ ARGUMENTS OF YOUR ESSAY/ MAKE CLEAR
CONNECTIONS TO FIRST SENTENCE OF ESSAY
• NEVER END THE ESSAY “AND THAT WHAT MAKES
EUROPE THE GREAT COUNTRY IT IS TODAY”
FORMAL WRITING
• NEVER USE I, YOU, WE,
• USE THEY ONLY AFTER YOU STATE THE NAME OR GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU ARE DISCUSSING
ABOUT
• DON’T USE SEMI-COLONS
• DO NOT CONJUGATE WORDS SUCH AS DON’T IS DO NOT
• NEVER JUST SAY EUROPE, NORTHERN, WESTERN, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, OR SPECIFIC
COUNTRIES