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AP Question #3

AP Question #3. Tips for Success. 1. Get a thesis fast. You need this for yourself. Do also give it to your reader by the end of the first paragraph. Take some time before you start to craft your thesis. It’s worth the extra couple minutes to just think it through.

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AP Question #3

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  1. AP Question #3 Tips for Success

  2. 1. Get a thesis fast. You need this for yourself. Do also give it to your reader by the end of the first paragraph. Take some time before you start to craft your thesis. It’s worth the extra couple minutes to just think it through. And remember: AP stands for ANSWER the PROMPT. 

  3. 2. Cite Evidence Accurate Relevant Sufficient • Personal experiences (especially if used as illustrations of common human experiences) • Anecdotes • current events / what you heard on the news • statistics, polls • opinions of widely respected persons • maxims, etc. • Historical events

  4. 3. Give Explanations • Define your terms. • Give an analogy. • Describe a process. • Give an illustration. • SHOW what you mean…

  5. 4. Be organized • As with the thesis, it’s worth taking a couple minutes before you write to figure out how you are going to tackle your topic. You don’t have to stick to it rigorously, but give yourself a structure. If you think of something to add on, then do so – but FIT it into your essay. • Use transition words at the paragraph breaks.

  6. 5. Stay on Task • Don’t get so caught up in an example or an analogy or an interesting but related question that you stray off task. Be focused. • Answer the Prompt!

  7. 6. Be thorough. • Think of all possible exceptions, objections, and questions that a nice person who disagrees with you would come up with. If YOU find and identify potential holes and pitfalls, then you do not fall into them.

  8. 7. Be eloquent! Yes, you need to in general follow the rules of grammar and usage. But if for an effect you want to use a sentence fragment? Do it. A conversational, fast-talking tone does, in fact, work on the AP exam. As does a formal style. Go with either as you wish. Don’t use big words wrong. 

  9. 8. Draw a conclusion. • Give your reader a clear take-home message. Acknowledge complexities, but try to be simple at the same time. That is: Be simple, but not simplistic.

  10. 9. Avoid the hot-button. • You are a God-fearing Christian who sees the evidence from nature that God exists. But the person reading your essay could be an atheist from Massachusetts who thinks Christians are ruining the world and donates to Planned Parenthood. • I’m not saying don’t be you; I’m just saying, be circumspect. Like Penelope.

  11. 10. Humor • A sense of humor is always a charming asset on a paper. It can be risky, and you don’t want to overdo it. But a wry sense of reality and a lively sense of the absurd or the pretentious will rarely go amiss. • Remember: You’re aim is to make your reader forget they are scoring an essay, and lure them into READing your essay. You want to delight the tired old adult reading your essay on Day 7 of scoring essays. Yours might be Essay 1,347 on their list. Be kind! Sparkle a little! 

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