<p>I used historical references to address my argument–specifically those of the United States. I showcased how figures in society have proved that doubt is imperative in preparing for the future, thus being careful with the actions being taken. SOMETHING LIKE THAT!! Overall, I discussed how both certainty and doubt are important characteristics in an individual. I don’t know… had to come up with something. Lol.</p>
<p>@imaBOSS I mentioned Columbus too haha</p>
<p>For any tennis fans out here, I mentioned Novak Djokovic haha.</p>
<p>That question was horrible and my mind was dead at that point. I took the midway stance and used tennis and bicycle helmet laws as my examples. I’m expecting a 4 or a 5</p>
<p>^imaboss
Using invection(oven? haha) instead of invective will definitely hurt you. The question is to what extent. I think it will depend on the grader mostly and how frequently you used it. As long as you used it correctly it probably wouldn’t cause too much harm. If you wrote an otherwise 7 essay, they wouldn’t dock you for it. Probably would prevent you from getting a 9 though, and might hurt you if you wanted an 8.
I used invective in my essay as well!</p>
<p>My essay was so disjointed. The prompt was just too unlike any other argumentative I’ve ever written.</p>
<p>I wrote about Apple, Catcher in the Rye, and Afghanistan</p>
<p>I injected a little humor into my argument essay by making puns out of the two main words in the prompt. D**** and C******. (I have resorted to not talking specifically about the test, seeing as rumors(apocryphal?) have spread that people’s scores are being canceled and IP addresses traced. Better to be safe than sorry.</p>
<p>Overall I thought the test was on the easier side. I think my excellent AP teacher prepared me well though. I am nervous for the argument essay though because I did choose a side</p>
<p>Choosing a side is fine.
This was by far my favorite one…I didn’t write much but I conveyed my point and used very good examples (especially compared to you guys, no offense). I’d be surprised if not a 6-7</p>
<p>I talked about how certainty is like believing in yourself, and how that leads to success, while doubt leads to failiure. I purely used 3 works of literature to back it up–is that bad? </p>
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<p>I argued that for anyone to be successful, they need to have certainty in their ideas. My three main examples were Galileo, Einstein, and Galois. I used the first two in order to explain how doubt can be important, but it is worthless without certainty. I then used Galois to illustrate that certainty is all that matters. I wrote about 2.5 pages for each essay, and I felt fairly good about the multiple choice, so I hope I got 5. I’m pretty sure I got at least a 4.</p>
<p>This essay was so much fun. I’m not particularly versed in USPS Policy or American History (APUSH is next year for me) so the first two essays were much harder to write but I have extensively studied critical theory so the last essay was a breeze. Ran through the standard process of Nihilism+Deconstruction+Psychoanalysis+LordOnlyKnowsWhatTheoristsAreSayingNow, concluded that certainty is impossible and doubt is inevitable. Very fun essay and I got to drop a lot of names, only concern is that I come off as a philosophy-major bound snob because I tried to summarize Foucault and Heidegger in two sentences and might have written a little densely.</p>
<p>I kind of argued about logic, and how certainty was important to believe in yourself, and to push for great things. I talked about Plato’s Allegory and the Cave, and how there are always outside factors that affect our reality, and how reality isn’t always certain… That’s the doubt part. I wrote that it was important to be willing to adapt your ideas and opinions in the face of logic, and evidence… but it’s also important to be proud of yourself and what you believe in.
In hindsight, I probably failed this essay ohwell.</p>
<p>Certainty cannot be achieved without doubt.</p>
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<p>Certainty can only be achieved without doubt.</p>
<p>Doubt can only be achived without certainty.</p>
<p>My logic is the same as joshi’s. I’ll post my whole train of thought (and would be glad to have people criticize my steps) once the test is online</p>
<p>the test is online…</p>
<p>I actually talked about how a balance of certainty and doubt was best…kinda like what Joshi said. But a lot of my friends didn’t exactly do the same thing, so I’m quite worried that I didn’t get ‘the relationship’ between the two…</p>