<p>Do you think they try to push you to pick a particular side based on the sources? I mean, today I felt that the "keep" argument was a lot easier to support than the "get rid of" one just because the sources were a lot more solid. Any thoughts on this? Did you pick up on this?</p>
<p>I thought that you could take either side.. I realized that i was running out of support half way through and it was too late to start over and take a different side...
I hated that prompt. My other essays were good but the synthesis one was definitely the worst. I could not come up with enough support so i had to resort to repetition... hopefully it won't prevent me from getting a 5</p>
<p>did we have to use outside support? =</p>
<p>crispsoph, you're DEFINITELY not supposed to use outside support on a synthesis question. They want you to use the sources, and that's.</p>
<p>Regarding the main thread question, yes, I do, cause I felt it was MUCH easier to write one side than the other. The sources given for the other side were ludicrous and made me laugh, and I can't see how you can even use three sources to support that side. It was a dumb essay topic really. I hope everyone agrees on that. haha</p>
<p>lots of people at my school went "nay" instead of "yay" leading me to think that I was the minority. Lol, guess not after all :p</p>
<p>i opposed to it HHAHAHAH
it was a ballin' synthesis essay though</p>
<p>I was wishing halfway through I had opposed it :(</p>
<p>wow, i actually thought it was easier to support getting rid of it. i guess i just looked at the sources superficially.</p>
<p>i said keep and i think mine was pretty beastly. I say 8 because my vocab isnt that great. I think you are alowed to use outside info though or maybe not .....o well who cares the test is over now. I think it seemed even at first, but i think the docs favored keep because i went through the docs in about 5 min( these were relly easy compared to Euro docs) nd i first i was writing down stuff for agaisnt but when i finished i was like " i could probably put more stuff for keep" so i just went over the docs again looking for **** tht would support keeping it</p>
<p>crispsoph-</p>
<p>You can use outside support, the synthesis is supposed to be YOUR argument, so you can make your case however you choose. If you Only talk about how Source A says X, and Source B says this it weakens your position.</p>
<p>^^ I second that. Your argument is central and only the sources support your thesis.</p>
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crispsoph, you're DEFINITELY not supposed to use outside support on a synthesis question. They want you to use the sources, and that's.
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<p>Uh, no. You're definitely supposed to include some outside knowledge. It shows a deeper understanding of the material and can possibly reveal insight. They don't want you to just regurgitate the docs.</p>
<p>I liked the synthesis essay. It was a lame topic, but I think I came up with some pretty good outside examples and extrapolations of the sources. From my perspective the argument could have been taken either way.</p>
<p>how are u suppposed to include outside info on a topic about that topic?</p>
<p>its so no expierenced based topic.</p>
<p>I'm sure you know SOMETHING about the U.S. economy...</p>
<p>or what a famous president may represent...</p>
<p>i supported the aboliton of the penny...referencing to shorter time, inflation</p>
<p>in my counter argument however i talked abt gas prices and how they need to be exact and taxes...</p>
<p>sound okay to anyone????? or did i blow it? enough to get a 6?</p>
<p>I bombed synthesis. Really and truly bombed it. Looking back, I should have just taken the easy route since the documents were so obviously one-sided, but I took the other side. I just don't see how a question based on economics, which is a science, can be completely bereft of documents providing empirical evidence. I am not a big fan of just proclaiming my uneducated opinion, especially on topics where you could conceivably examine data and find the most rational solution. I know it's just an AP test, but it's a dumb practice to ignore facts in favor of "oh, x is inconvenient for me" or "oh, we might forget about president y if we take away x."</p>
<p>Yeah, I know. Ideals don't matter on AP tests. It's over now, anyway. I'll just remember to rip College Board in my memoir.</p>
<p>Don't be so sure, if you made sense in your arguments you could be okay. Remeber what this essay tests: Can you create an argument and integrate some sources?</p>
<p>I thought the synthesis was really funny!!
I seriously opened up the test and started laughing because I mean come on....how random was that....
And then one of the sources....a picture?!?!?
how the heck is that usefull.
in all it was just really kinda funny</p>
<p>i thought the test was a joke. I didn't study for it at all because i thought i really couldn't. I went into the test really discouraged but came out feeling better about it than any of my other tests which I know the material really well and studied hard for.</p>
<p>Weird.</p>