DBQ ESSAY OUTLINE FORMAT

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DBQ ESSAY OUTLINE FORMAT
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While reading the documents the first time

• What is the prompt asking? put into your own
  words / take a position based on what the
  documents show you
• What 3 categories can you group the documents to
  answer the prompt?
• Where is the authors point of view obvious?
• What is missing?

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I. THESIS Pre Write

• A. Time period
• B. Position/prompt
• C. Categories /Doc s / Because
• D. Missing voice - b/c (how does it relate to the
  prompt)

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II. Body Paragraphs Pre-Write

• A. Position/ prompt
• B. Category
• C. Topic statement - how do the docs relate to
  position category (1 sentence)
• 1. 1st doc used Doc and specific
  relation to position and category
• 2. 2nd doc used, etc
• D. Point of View (Choose 1 from the documents in
  each category)
• 1. Authors name
• 2. Authors country date of document
• 3. Authors POV - what does he believe?
• 4. What influences his opinion? (Background,
  nationality, religion, position)
• Author X believes Y because Z

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DBQ Essay - Thesis

• Thesis time period, address prompt, take a
  position, identify the categories (doc s), why
  they relate to the prompt (b/c), missing voice
  (b/c)
• No Personal Pronouns !!!
• Make sure the categories are explained (B/C)
• Use ALL the documents!
• Missing voice must be specific, relate to the
  prompt and have a B/C
• Ex A document from Marco Polo might show the
  Mongols in a positive light because he lived and
  worked in Kublai Khans court for many years.

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DBQ Body Paragraphs

• Topic Statement category/prompt/position
  statement
• Explain each document in the category
  specifically as it relates to category/prompt
• no quoting!
• Identify 1 POV per paragraph
• Name the author or describe him (Doc)
• Explain WHY he believes what he is telling us
• Author X (name) believes Y (what) because Z (why)
• Ex Genghis Khans shaman (1) believes that Khan
  is a positive influence because of the violence
  that the shaman lived through before Khans
  conquest of the Central Asian Mongol tribes.

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Essay reminders

• use the authors name
• avoid listing (doc1 says, doc 2 states)
• persuade the reader of your position using the
  documents as your evidence - TELL THE STORY (it
  is much more interesting than your lists are! -
  but be accurate - dont make stuff up!)
• avoid plagiarism you must explain the docs in
  your own words - you may not quote the docs