Transcript How to write DBQ

HOW TO WRITE FRQ
THE TWO FRQS MAKES UP 25% OF YOUR SCORE
BASIC INFORMATION
• THERE WILL BE 2 FRQS ON THE TEST
• YOU WILL RESPOND TO ONE QUESTION FROM A GROUP OF THREE
• AND THEN YOU WILL RESPOND TO ANOTHER ONE FROM A DIFFERENT GROUP OF THREE
• YOU WILL HAVE ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO PLAN AND THIRTY MINUTES TO WRITE
STEP 1
• READ THE QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!! ASK YOURSELF: WHAT IS THIS QUESTION ASKING ME TO DO
• LIST ANY IDEAS ABOUT QUESTION OR HISTORY THAT COME TO MIND. ANYTHING COULD
BECOME RELEVANT
• RE-READ QUESTION AND RE AFFIRM WHAT IS THIS QUESTION ASKING ME TO DO
STEP 2: CONSTRUCT AN OUTLINE
• TAKE YOU INITIAL THOUGHTS AND BEGIN TO ORGANIZE THEM
• THINK PERSIA- (POLITICS, ECONOMICS, RELIGION, SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, ARTISTIC)
• THINK ABOUT THE MAJOR IDEAS AND SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT DEVELOPED/ WERE INVOLVED
WITH IDEA
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: 3 PARAGRAPHS (UNLESS COMPARE AND CONTRAST)
• BEGIN WITH YOUR STRONGEST POINT IN YOUR THESIS
• CONTINUE TO WRITE 3 PARAGRAPHS
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