<p>couple general questions about the Document based questions on the AP test</p>
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<li><p>how long should the DBQ essay length be? word count</p></li>
<li><p>what is a good number of documents to incorporate into the essay? or are we supposed to include all of them?</p></li>
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<li>I say 5 well-developed paragraphs, IDK word count.</li>
<li>Half plus one is the minimum.</li>
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<p>I would suggest looking at the example essays on AP Central. They should give you a good idea of length and the number of documents generally needed for a certain score.</p>
<p>i am trying to find a sample DBQ essay that received a perfect score. Anybody know where i can view one?</p>
<p>Check the sample responses on AP Central: [AP</a> Central - The AP United States History 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>The first essay for Q3 2008 received a 9; comments are on the last page.</p>
<p>hey thanks scippy. this was exactly what i was looking for.</p>
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<li>Just write until you get state all your points and ideas, and you get to ellaborate on them. I wrote 4 pages (2 front and back(</li>
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<p>2.I used all except 2 docs. </p>
<p>PS I got a 5.</p>