<p>Peter, I’m not sure what’ you’re referring to. The answers should not be in one continuous essay. You simply need to divide each part (a) (b) (c) in your answer. There is no writing skill needed for this. You simply answer the question. No repeating the question, no thesis, no topic sentence, no transition sentences, no fancy-schmancy eloquent writing, etc. Just answer the damn question, the readers say! :p</p>
<p>All they want is the information. No fluff.</p>
<p>Well I just opened my 5 steps, and for the essays they wrote one continuous essay for each question and they incorporated A) B) and C) into the whole essay. What I did was:
A) answer; blablablablabla…
B) answer; blalbalblabalal…
etc.
Based on your answer I will assume they will accept this, so thanks for the response!</p>
<p>The method you just posted is exactly how it’s supposed to be done. :)</p>
<p>^ Are you kidding? I wrote my responses in full essay form (a, b, c = 3 paragraphs)!</p>
<p>My AP teacher always wants it this way and if you’re telling me that’s wrong, then my teacher is wrong, unless both ways of writing are correct to use. The FRQ just says not to write it in outline form…</p>
<p>And yeah, no fancy words! =]</p>
<p>It’s not WRONG, it’s just less convenient for the graders. I don’t see the difference in writing them all in one paragraph with lettered separations, or just separating them.</p>
<p>Bla bla bla (a) bbla bla bla bla bla bla bla (b) bla bla bla balbla bla bla bla bla (c) bla bla bal bla blabal bla</p>
<p>… is no different than</p>
<p>(a) bla bla bla
(b) bla bla bla
(c) bla bla bla</p>
<p>But it definitely should not have been an essay like you’d write for english class or something. You don’t need topic sentences, transition sentences, conclusions, etc. That’s why they’re not called essay questions. They’re free-response. You can fulfill a question with two sentences or with 20; whatever it takes to answer the question. All they care about is the information.</p>
<p>By “not in outline form”, I think they mean don’t just list stuff. If the question asked about how animals are classified, this would not be acceptable:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Body Tissue
—Porifera - only phylum without
—Eumetezoa - contains the phyla that have tissues</p></li>
<li><p>Body symmetry
– Radial
---- Cnidarians
– Bilateral
---- All other phyla</p></li>
<li><p>Fate of the blastopore
– Anus first = deuterostome
– Mouth first = protostome</p></li>
</ul>
<p>You would need to write out the levels of classification in coherent sentences.</p>
<p>Random thought. Did you think that the FRQ’s were somewhat vague this year (Form A)? Like…for the most part all of them, but especially 3 and 4?</p>
<p>Indeed, I certainly did. #1 got into specifics in parts (b) and (c); #2 was some of the most basic information known to AP Bio students, and #3 and #4 were pretty simple too. Although, #3 required some thinking to get what was going on. I didn’t figure it out until AFTER the exam. So I got case III of that one screwed up.</p>
<p>Ha yeah I BSed case III… I still haven’t figured it out. :/</p>
<p>Sometimes things in biology don’t follow certain laws. You know what I mean?</p>
<p>my biology teacher told me she was getting the MC scores in a couple weeks. has anyone else heard about this?</p>
<p>wth^^?lol 10char</p>
<p>its possible shes completely wrong. she was a teenager in the sixties… her mind isn’t all there.</p>
<p>Haha yeah I highly doubt she is, unless she’s got some insider connections…</p>
<p>Guys on the Bio I just wrote ALL my subparts to the question in one whole big paragraph form without labeling part A or Part B, because I went in a weird order… </p>
<p>Is this going to be a problem when grading, because I was never informed that we needed to write it in parts…</p>
<p>The directions on FRQs say: </p>
<p>“Answers must be in essay form. Outline form is not acceptable. Labeled diagrams may be used to supplement discussion, but in no case will a diagram alone suffice. It is important that you read each question completely before you begin to write. Write all your answers on the pages following the questions in the pink booklet.” </p>
<p>so I just wrote it into a big “essay” type thing with no labels for the various subquestions.</p>
<p>it’s been 48 hours right? Can we discuss the FRQ now?</p>
<p>@tothetop:
I finally found released student responses. Here is how responses should be written: <a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>You can view more here: [AP</a> Central - The AP Biology Exam](<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board)</p>
<p>So yes, you are supposed to divide your answer into sub-sections (a, b, c, etc.). If you don’t, I’m not sure what the result will be, but it certainly will tick your reader off, if they even attempt to grade it (which I’m sure they will).</p>
<p>@Artism: Usually it’s best to just wait until they post the FRQs on the website ([AP:</a> Biology](<a href=“AP Biology Exam – AP Students | College Board”>AP Biology Exam – AP Students | College Board)) JUST to be safe, but I’m sure it’s okay now.</p>
<p>since when??? I’ve never written those type of FR with sections…lol and my teacher has never told me to!! It better not make them mad haha
I wrote good FR essays lol</p>
<p>Well it looks like the questions are already up. </p>
<p>WHAT THE HELL WAS 3B? I said it was due to epistasis that the ratio was approx. 45:5:5:45 instead of the expected 1:1:1:1…O_O</p>
<p>Ok, I’ve looked further into it and it’s not REQUIRED, but it is HIGHLY recommended to make it easier for the reader to recognize each part of your answer. Since each section is allotted a maximum # of points, they like to stop reading and move on to the next section. For example, if you fulfill the maximum 2 of 2 points in part (a), they won’t even read the rest and will just move on to part (b). As I said, all it will do is annoy your reader, which isn’t the best thing since you want to make them happy (afterall, they’re the ones grading your FRQs…).</p>
<p>Oh I see lol
I pretty much wrote in paragraph form, so it should be easy to see the transitions lol
except for the last one…was a little out of order haha
but I talked about a new paragraph</p>