<p>Another question about the DBQ :)</p>
<p>How are we supposed to cite documents? My teacher says its offensive to the AP graders to cite documents using "document A said.."</p>
<p>He says we should instead cite sources as "As stated by Jefferson.."</p>
<p>Is this true? I looked through the Princeton Review book but it doesn't mention anything about citing documents.</p>
<p>I was always taught not to cite like “document A said”</p>
<p>I learned to just cite with like (document A)</p>
<p>I think technically, you don’t have to cite as long as the readers can clearly locate where you used the sources, but it’s usually better if you just cite it directly</p>
<p>Not sure if AP Euro & APUSH citings are the same, but my teacher said this was acceptable for AP Euro:</p>
<p>In Napoleon’s Civil Code, only Frenchmen would “receive the rights…” (Doc 4).</p>
<p>And jgraider is right, you technically don’t have to put the document number in parentheses. But you do need to state the title of the document.</p>
<p>Mix it up. Especially on the English Composition Synthesis Essay. Sometimes, if the writer is significant, like Jefferson or FDR, I would say “Jefferson states that…” with a short quote. Other times, I paraphrase what happens in the document and simply throw a (Doc A) at the end of the sentence. </p>
<p>Both ways work. Mix it up to give your sentences more variety.</p>
<p>I also usually cite by putting (Doc. A) at the end of the sentence.</p>
<p>If you look at sample DBQs on apcentral.collegeboard.com, you’ll see that some students who got 9s will cite by just putting (D) or (E) or whatever at the end of the sentence, and some will only cite by saying “Henry Clay says that blah blah blah…”</p>
<p>So I think that as long as you’re not doing the “Document B says blah” thing, whatever you do is fine.</p>
<p>Just use (A) or (Doc A)</p>
<p>Wait Nonexistant so are you saying it’s okay or not to say “Henry Clay says…” without actually saying which document it came from?</p>
<p>If you can use solely your own knowledge, would readers be more impressed if you didn’t even need sources? Or is it part of requirements that you incorporate them?</p>
<p>(thread-jacked, sry)</p>
<p>Also, say in USH there’s a question about blacks after civil war, and there’s a doc about sharecropping, do you have to cite the source if you discuss sharecropping? It’s kinda obviously a part of the era, not just unique to the source.</p>
<p>^You have to use the documents.</p>
<p>Hmm, so we can just cite by saying “Jefferon stated…”(A).</p>
<p>Where are the example essays on the collegeboard website?</p>
<p>go to ap central, then choose the course, (for example) ap us history information, then go to the sample responses</p>
<p>Edit: I found some quoting advice in AMSCO.</p>
<p>here it is:</p>
<p>A better approach is found in paragraph three, which simply referred to the author or the title of the document. Paragraph two also used an acceptable approach by referencing the document in a parentheses e.g. (Document D).</p>
<p>So we can simply refer to the author or title of the document without using (document X). I guess quotations are enough to indicate a citation.</p>
<p>Go here: [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>Then for each year, there is a “Samples and Commentary” section that has six sets of sample responses (one for each question)</p>
<p>Those are student produced essays from the actual exams</p>
<p>Yeah, I found it. I guess many of the responses receiving 8’s or 9’s use (doc X) at the end of their sentence.</p>