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Unit 2 – Interactions Among Branches of GovernmentWriting an Argumentative FRQLast year College Board added an argumentative essay to the FRQ section of the AP US Government and Politics exam. They decided to add this to the redesigned exam after a survey of Political Science programs showed that argumentation is a skill that colleges expect students to have. There are four skills that the argumentative essay tests: Writing a claimUsing evidence to support that claimNote: Evidence does not have to be a direct quote from the source. Instead you can paraphrase the argument or main idea of a source. Explaining how evidence supports your claimRefuting an opposing or alternative perspectiveThis can be: Refutation: the act of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or falseConcession: the act of yielding to a fact or point in an argumentRebuttal: providing evidence that contradicts the argument the other side might giveThe argumentative essay will be the fourth and final FRQ on the AP exam. College Board recommends that you spend 40 minutes on it (or double the amount of time you spend on the other FRQs. It will always be evaluated on the following 6-point rubric: 35433003566795Refutation: For this section you must pick an opposing or alternative position from the one in your claim. For example, imagine you were given a prompt that asked to you explain whether Citizens United v. FEC should be overturned and you said in your original claim that it should. For this section you could concede a point that supporter of the ruling would have or prove one of their points wrong. 0Refutation: For this section you must pick an opposing or alternative position from the one in your claim. For example, imagine you were given a prompt that asked to you explain whether Citizens United v. FEC should be overturned and you said in your original claim that it should. For this section you could concede a point that supporter of the ruling would have or prove one of their points wrong. 35433001623695Reasoning: You receive 1 point for explaining how BOTH of your pieces of evidence support your claim. It is not one point for each piece of reasoning. To make it clear that you are explaining your reasoning you should use the analysis key terms: -significant because-reveals-illustrates-sheds light on-depicts-demonstrates-exemplifies-portrays-indicates-symbolizes-highlights-implies0Reasoning: You receive 1 point for explaining how BOTH of your pieces of evidence support your claim. It is not one point for each piece of reasoning. To make it clear that you are explaining your reasoning you should use the analysis key terms: -significant because-reveals-illustrates-sheds light on-depicts-demonstrates-exemplifies-portrays-indicates-symbolizes-highlights-implies3543300594995Evidence: To receive the possible 3 points you must include 2 pieces of RELEVANT evidence from the documents. Your evidence must be tied to the essay prompt for you to receive full credit on this portion of the rubric. You do not have to directly quote, you can paraphrase from the document. 0Evidence: To receive the possible 3 points you must include 2 pieces of RELEVANT evidence from the documents. Your evidence must be tied to the essay prompt for you to receive full credit on this portion of the rubric. You do not have to directly quote, you can paraphrase from the document. 354330023495Claim: Your claim must have the “because” to introduce your line of reasoning. If you don’t include this you will not receive this point. Claim: Your claim must have the “because” to introduce your line of reasoning. If you don’t include this you will not receive this point. College Board has created a graphic organizer to help you plan your response for the argumentative FRQ. (You will not be provided this on the AP exam) Try your hand at filling it out with the prompt below. 22860045720Develop an argument that explains which of the three models of representative democracy—participatory, pluralist, or elite—best achieves the founders’ intent for American democracy in terms of ensuring a stable government run by the people. In your essay, you must: Articulate a defensible claim or thesis that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning ?Support your claim with at least TWO pieces of accurate and relevant information:At least ONE piece of evidence must be from one of the following foundational documents:Brutus 1?Federalist No. 10 U.S. ConstitutionUse a second piece of evidence from another foundational document from the list or from your study of the electoral process ?Use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim/thesis ?Respond to an opposing or alternative perspective using refutation, concession, ?or rebuttal ?00Develop an argument that explains which of the three models of representative democracy—participatory, pluralist, or elite—best achieves the founders’ intent for American democracy in terms of ensuring a stable government run by the people. In your essay, you must: Articulate a defensible claim or thesis that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning ?Support your claim with at least TWO pieces of accurate and relevant information:At least ONE piece of evidence must be from one of the following foundational documents:Brutus 1?Federalist No. 10 U.S. ConstitutionUse a second piece of evidence from another foundational document from the list or from your study of the electoral process ?Use reasoning to explain why your evidence supports your claim/thesis ?Respond to an opposing or alternative perspective using refutation, concession, ?or rebuttal ?-2286002349500Now, score your sample response on based on the rubric below. CriteriaRequirementYour ScoreA. Claim(1 point)The answer includes a clear claim that answers the prompt by selecting one type of representative democracy AND explaining how this type of democracy best achieves the founder’s intent. The person cannot receive this point if they only include one of the types of representative democracy and do not establish a line of reasoning. B. Evidence(3 points)You have the following point options: 0 points: if the person does not provide any evidence tied to representative democracy from the required documents1 point: if they provide a piece of evidence that is tied to representative democracy but they do not have a claim/thesis in the first part2 points: if they provide a piece of evidence that clearly supports the form of representative democracy they selected in their claim3 points: if they provide two pieces of evidence that clearly support the form of representative democracy they selected in their claimC. Reasoning(1 point)To earn this point the person must clearly demonstrate how their evidence supports the idea that their selected type of representative democracy best achieves the founder’s intent. They can receive this point if they only address one piece of evidence.The person cannot earn this point if: They did not have a clear thesis/claim in Part ATheir reasoning is just a restatement of the promptThey did not receive the point in Part B for supporting their claim with relevant evidenceD. Alternative Perspectives(1 point)To earn this point the person must choose one of the types of representative democracy they did not include in their claim and either explain why that type would not achieve the founder’s intent or concede a reason why it would. Total Points (out of 6) ................
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