Tuesday, November 16, 2010

DBQ format quiz

  1. What is the range of scores one can recieve for a DBQ?
    From 0-9.
  2. If  a DBQ answer does not have a thesis statement, what is the highest score you can get?
    The highest score you can get is a 4.
  3. If you have 12 documents, what is the bare minimum of documents you must cite in your DBQ?
    You must use seven of them.
  4. Explain what 'bias' is.
    When the writer already has a preference for one side of an argument before reading the documents or writing the essay.
  5. Explain what these folks mean by 'groupings.'

  6. Lets say that you are citing document five. Write out what the citation would look like if you are citing document five.
    (Document 5)

1 comment:

  1. 1. Correct

    2. Correct

    3. Correct. Also, you must always use one more than half of the sources.

    4. When the writer gives the document a point of view that is not objective, it is subjective.
    Bias is subjectivity. For example, why dies Herodotus write differently than Thucydides?

    5. The key terms that you use in your thesis to organize your essay. When you write your thesis you must address all parts of the question and use the key terms that we have been learning to categorize the different documents under different things.

    6. (doc. 5)
    YOU CANNOT WRITE OUT DOCUMENT. You will be marked down if you don't do this right. LOWERCASE d. Always.

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