Note from Mr. O: Remember that when you are writing a DBQ the essay should read the same as a regular essay and the document usage should not disrupt the flow of your argument. Make sure that your thesis and your argument clearly focuses only on the task at hand: to answer the question or prompt‚ to have a clear direct argument with a clearly defined position‚ and utilize as many documents and as much outside information as evidence to support your position. Your evidence‚ whether from the
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great of a catch it was when Donnel Wilson caught the winning touchdown pass. (The introduction of Football DBQ) A student in Ely high school wanted to know what really happened and so he interviewed some people. One of the interviewer from Dillard High school Demetrius Johnson who they played on Friday told him "We were robbed‚ that guy never caught the ball." (Source: Document 6 of Football DBQ) The student than interviewed a coach from Dillard High School
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and declaring war (and alliances with nations) also was in the hands of Congress. The Congress seemed to cede much land from 1781-1802. Some states gained land such as Georgia (as observed on the map of Western Lands ceded by the States source: John Blum‚ et.al‚ The National Experience‚ third edition). As for
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Like the character Lemon Brown in the story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"‚ I have a treasure. When most of think of treasure‚ they think of money or wealth‚ but my treasure is my family. I treasure my family so much because I couldn’t live without them. My family is important to me‚ but it makes me feel sad when I think that some people don’t have a family or don’t like their own. Lemon Brown and I have a similarity because we both treasure our family‚ and the losses in between it. A short
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upper class or people who wish to attempt to be part of the upper class. They believed the upper class was the only people that needed an education since they were at the top. Some men who believed this were Castiglione‚ Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini‚ and John Amos Comenius. Castiglione wrote a book to the courtiers describing how a courtier should behave. This book‚ The Courtier‚ was used by upper class for three hundred years to teach their kids about manners and behaviors. Castiglione suggests that a
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off and go on with our lives. In “Young Goodman Brown” a young man is confronted with life altering events that change his perspective of the world and the people of Salem village. These events‚ and the knowledge gained from them‚ create a miserable life for Brown. Hawthorne uses supernatural events‚ the uncertainty created by the dark forest setting‚ and encounters with trusted moral advisors to cause the rest of Brown’s life to become gloomy. First of all‚ Hawthorne uses
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The writing portion includes a DBQ (Document Based Question)‚ a LEQ (Long Essay Question)‚ and a short answer section. The DBQ and LEQ are two types of writing styles that I had never heard or done before.This was going to be a challenge I knew that I needed to overcome. In my AP English Language class we have been working on a civil rights project and have to take action on our issue. The issue
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Francesca Ratovich 5.2.13 p.3 Elizabeth I DBQ Elizabeth I is considered a Machiavellian queen; she placed the political unity of England above any other aspect of her kingdom‚ including religion. Elizabeth I’s reign was influenced politically and religiously‚ in respect to ideas about gender. Elizabeth‚ daughter of Henry VIII‚ responded authoritatively to any opposition she faced. Considering the fact that a female successor to the throne of England was ascending‚ there was a tremendous
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The Consequences of Puritan Depravity and Distrust as Historical Context for Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown" Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require constant self-examination to see that they are sinners and unworthy of God’s Grace. Because man had broken the Covenant of Works when Adam had eaten from the Tree of Knowledge‚ God offered a new covenant to Abraham’s people which held that election to Heaven was merely a possibility. In the Puritan religion‚ believers
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story‚ “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”‚ by Walter Dean Myers explores the values of Greg Ridley‚ a fourteen-year-old boy who wants to play basketball but can’t because of his low grade in math. John Steinbeck’s novel‚ The Pearl‚ is about Kino and his family‚ who are poor‚ but when he finds the pearl he thinks that it will help him and his family ‚but that soon changes when he goes to sell the pearl and as he becomes corrupt with greed. In both the “Treasure of Lemon Brown” and The Pearl‚ the main characters
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