HOW TO WRITE

AN AP GOV’T FRQIT ISN’T AS BAD AS YOU THINK

THE POINTS FIT THE QUESTION•AP GOVERNMENT QUESTIONS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO PARTS-

PART A, PART B, PART C, ETC.

• YOU NEED TO LABEL THESE PARTS IN YOUR ANSWER.

• FOR EXAMPLE: A) THEN WRITE YOUR ANSWER, SKIP A LINE AND WRITE B) THEN WRITE YOUR ANSWER, ETC.

• THERE IS NO INTRO, CONCLUSION, OR THESIS IN AN AP GOVERNMENT FRQ

• EACH PART IS WORTH ONE, TWO, THREE POINTS DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE ASKED TO DO

• FOR EXAMPLE IF PART A OF THE QUESTION ASKS YOU TO DEFINE A POLICY AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE, THAT MEANS PART A IS WORTH 2 POINTS.

• GET IN THE HABIT OF DETERMINING HOW MANY POINTS EACH QUESTION IS WORTH

HOLD ON- IT ISN’T THAT EASY• THERE IS NOT NEED TO WASTE YOUR TIME CREATING AN OUTLINE.

• YOU ONLY HAVE 100 MINUTES TO ANSWER ALL FOUR QUESTIONS.

• IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BRAINSTORM AS YOUR READ THE QUESTION. WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF.

• YOUR ANSWER MUST BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC. YOU MUST GET THE ANSWER CORRECT.

• WRITE MANY SENTENCES FOR EACH PART AND ALWAYS WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

• GO BACK TO YOUR BRAINSTORM LIST AND GO TO WHERE THE POINTS ARE.

• GIVE EXAMPLES ALL THE TIME. IF THE QUESTION ASKS FOR 2, GIVE 3 JUST TO COVER YOUR BASES.

• WE GIVEITH, WE DON’T TAKEITH AWAY

• WRITE MORE THAN YOU HAVE TO.

MORE WORDS OF WISDOM• YOUR ANSWER MUST LINK BACK TO THE QUESTION BEING ASKED.

• THIS MEANS YOU MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTION IS ASKING YOU!

• PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT IS BEING ASKED BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

•USE KEY TERMS IN YOUR ANSWER.

• THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD DEFINE THOSE TERMS AS WELL- PROVE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.

• IF YOU GET A CHART…….

• REFERENCE THE NUMBER OR PERCENTAGES IN THE CHART.

• YOU MUST PROVE TO THE READER THAT YOU READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE CHART.

• YOU CAN’T JUST SAY VAGUE THINGS LIKE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE OR LESS PEOPLE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO

•ALWAYS USE THE WORD BECAUSE IN YOUR ANSWER, ESPECIALLY WHEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN