Long Essay - Spokane Public Schools
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Long Essay
MAXIMUM POINTS
6
35 MINUTES 15% OF SCORE
Pick the BEST question!
You will get to choose from two periods
What are you more knowledgeable on?
Quickly jot down as much as you can about each
question.
Thesis 1 Point
Write your thesis (don’t restate the question)
Must directly address all parts of the question
Must be CLEAR
Argument
up to 2 points
Supports your thesis with specific evidence
Terms, people…just lots of info
Clearly consistently stating how that evidence
supports the thesis or argument
You can’t be discussing fluff bring it back to argument
STATE IT
Establishes a clear link between that evidence and
your thesis
Continuity and Change Over Time
up to 2 points
You have to do both!
What has changed?
What has stayed the same?
You have to give specific examples not just
generalities
Comparison
up to 2 points
Describe the similarities!
Describe differences!
Give specific examples!
Give an analysis!
Show the significance (if the prompt asks you to)
Causation
up to 2 points
Describe the CAUSE and/or EFFECT of an historical
development
Give specific examples
Periodization
up to 2 points
Describes the ways that historical development
specified in the prompt was different or similar to
developments that preceded and/or followed it.
Give specific examples!
Synthesis
1 Point
Extends or modify the stated thesis or argument
Recognizes and effectively accounts for disparate,
sometimes contradictory evidence from primary
sources and/or secondary works in crafting a
coherent argument
Appropriately connects the topic of the question to
other historical periods, geographical areas, contexts
or circumstances
THIS IS THE EASIEST ONE! DO IT IN THE
CONCLUSION
Length
This essay is 15% of your score and you only have 35
minutes to write it so you need to keep it smaller.
3-4 paragraphs
no intro just write the thesis.