<p>For AP English Language and Composition:</p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice for developing arguments for those defend/refute/qualify or extent to which essays?</p>
<p>Just write…seriously. When I write, it’s sporadic. I just write, seriously.</p>
<p>Well…this is what i do:
- Read Passage (usually take about 1-3 mins depending on passage)
- Find an underlying argument I can build upon and that makes logical sense of what the author is stating. If i am stuck…I usually re-read or write down or try to summarize the author’s purpse, intended audience, and the subject he is assessing.
- Support/Refute/Defend the argument …picking the easiest to be able to back-up is important.
- Then start writing…this should take about 8 mins or less.</p>
<p>i can never think of good examples. what kind of examples do you guys usually use? and when you use an example in the argument essays, should you spend a lot of time explaining what is the example? for instance, if I talked about an event in history or a book, how much of a paragraph should be devoted to summarizing it?</p>
<p>To me it’s just SAT…except longer time limit. I try to think FAST.</p>
<p>My teacher suggested only to quickly finish the summarization in one or two sentences, and then move onto the analysis (eg: how it relates to your thesis).</p>
<p>hmm, so i guess one of my problems is how to relate examples to the thesis, how do you guys do it?</p>
<p>I always try to incorporate the Holocaust…I’ve read about 100 books on the topic, because I’m weird; I began reading a great deal about it starting in sixth grade when we studied the Holocaust. Anyway, I always try to work in an example from the Holocaust if possible. I also try to bring in books or examples that are less known by the common student, such as “Les Miserables”. I also want to allude to a famous Supreme Court case if possible…I don’t know. I guess it all depends on what the prompt actually is.</p>