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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
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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.