The Free Response Question - Washington High School自由回答的问题——华盛顿高中

1、The Free Response QuestionFor ever to be known by you as theF.R.Q.The AP ExamThere are three free-response questions .The section begins with a mandatory 15-minute reading period. Youll have 45 minutes to answer the DBQ. You will then have 70 minutes to answer two thematic essay questions. The DBQ e

2、ssay is worth 45 percent of the free-response score; the two thematic essays together contribute 55 percent of the free-response score. Thats 130 minutes if you are scoring at home!The Scoring Rubric (FRQ)Getting into the Garden of the happiest place on earth!THE BASIC CORE:The stepping stones to ge

3、t to the GardenHas acceptable thesis. (1)Validates thesis with evidence. (2)Address all parts of question. (2)Essay is well organized. (1)Does not restate the question. Offers original interpretation!Correct chronology!Accurate and appropriate historical data!Clear introduction Preview statements, t

4、opic sentences.Inside the Palace Walls! The Expanded Core:The Expanded Core (3) Shows ExcellenceHas a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis.Addresses all parts of the question thoroughly.Addresses all parts of the question evenly.Provides ample historical to substantiate thesis.Uses historical

5、 context effectively to make argument.Develops and expands argument with links to relevant ideas, events, trends.Overall argument is sophisticated and complex.The Directive Words(follow these words for full points)Analyze: determine the component parts; examine their nature and relationship. Analyze

6、 the major social and technological changes that took place in European warfare between 1789 and 1871. Assess/evaluate: judge the value or character of something; appraise; evaluate the positive points and the negative ones; give an opinion regarding the value of; discuss the advantages and disadvan

7、tages of. Luther was both a revolutionary and a conservative. Evaluate this statement with respect to Luthers responses to the political and social questions of his day. Compare: examine for the purpose of noting similarities and differences. Compare the rise to power of fascism in Italy and in Germ

8、any. Directive wordsContrast: examine in order to show dissimilarities or points of difference. Contrast the ways in which European skilled artisans of the mid-eighteenth century and European factory workers of the late nineteenth century differed in their work behavior and in their attitudes toward

9、 work. Describe: give an account of; tell about; give a word picture of. Describe and analyze how overseas expansion by European states affected global trade and international relations from 1600 to 1715. Discuss: talk over; write about; consider or examine by argument or from various points of view

10、; debate; present the different sides of. Discuss the extent to which nineteenth-century Romanticism was or was not a conservative cultural and intellectual movement. Directive wordsExplain: make clear or plain; make clear the causes or reasons for; make known in detail; tell the meaning of. Explain

11、 how economic, political, and religious factors promoted European explorations from about 1450 to about 1525. Identify: cite specific events, phenomena, and show a connection. Identify the social and economic factors in preindustrial England that explain why England was the first country to industri

12、alize. The Thesis Statement!This is the position you will take on the subject of the essay.It is a concise, specific statement that will support the rest of your essay.Once developed it can be the framework of your paper.Handout on Thesis CreationGive it content! Propose an idea that will require support and illustration to be made convincing.Limit the scope. Prepare to re-write in narrower terms.Include: limited topic, the attitude, and an indication of direction of developmentHandoutAvoid faulty generalizations. DANGER WORDS:All, none, no, any, neve