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FRQ Boot Camp 50% of your exam 3 questions 75minutes

Constructing your FRQ Read the entire question. Underline key words, themes, phrases that may help you write. Construct your FRQ the way the question is asked. Pay attention to verbs (more to come on this) Note if the question has multiple parts. Head your response to mimic the FRQ. If it uses number label your FRQ appropriately This includes the other a, b, c or i, ii, iii parts as well. This helps guide the reader. Each part should have a new written section for ease of reading Always write in complete sentences.

Constructing your FRQ DO NOT WRITE IN CURSIVE!!! It must be legible if they cant read it they ask one other person to try and decode and if they can’t you get a zero I am a HUGE proponent of making developing an outline Do not write your answer on the prompt page Strikethrough incorrect information Write in INK

Constructing your FRQ Respond to the command term/verb appropriately Identify: means that you provide the number of items that the question has asked for with a complete sentence. Ex: identify the two primary causes of space-time compression. The two primary causes of space-time compression are advances in communication and transportation technology. Define: means to provide a full account of a word’s meaning including all of its nuances and details. Doing so may take one or several sentences; providing a textbook/APHG appropriate definition of a word is sufficient so long as it’s in a complete sentence. Ex: define space-time compression The theory of space-time compression states that advances in transportation and communication technology have the effect of lessening the amount of time it takes information to travel between two given place and thereby increasing the interaction between them.

Constructing your FRQ Respond to the command term/verb appropriately Explain: means to provide a full definition of the term reference in the question and then go on to provide a full account of various aspects of the definition to clarify it. An explanation will require several sentences. Ex: Take the example question from the last term The theory of space-time compression states… (blah blah blah). So while the physical distance between two between two places does not change, the amount of time it takes for information to flow between them does. Since information can flow much more quickly than the past, physically distant cities can now be highly connected.

Constructing your FRQ Respond to the command term/verb appropriately Discuss: means to define, explain, and then provide specific examples. This will take multiple paragraphs beginning with the definition and explanation then going on to provide concrete, specific examples. Ex: continuing with our space-time example (Insert above definition plus example) (blah blah blah)… For example London and New York City are separated by hundreds of miles of the Atlantic Ocean. In the 1700’s, when the only mode of communication between England and its colonies was the written word, and the only means of transporting it was a boat, it could take the two places several months to complete on cycle of inquiry and response. Therefore, those cities had little interaction (little enough, indeed to cause a revolution at one point). However, in the year 2016, a banker in London can send an email inquiry to a bank in NYC in milliseconds, and the banker in NYC can type a five minute response and send the email back in milliseconds. The complete cycle takes only minutes, and those two cities can now be deeply connected to each other. The time, if not the space, between them has been compressed.

Constructing your FRQ Respond to the command term/verb appropriately Compare: means to write your response for the purpose noting similarities and differences between given items Counter claim needs to be addressed for full points Contrast: means to write your response in order to show the dissimilarities or points of difference usually paired with compare Analyze: determine the component parts; examine their nature and relationship Very much like discuss 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 disadvantages of Set up like discuss or explain

Claim-Evidence-Explain State your Claim Aka tell them what you are talking about similar to an intro but just one sentence, like a thesis. Prove your point with Evidence Support your claim with geographical proof, evidence, factual information NOT made up. Go with the known facts not obscure Explain why your evidence supports your claim don’t just state a fact you need to explain why you’re correct