<p>Can anyone point me in the direction of some sample essays, and possibly enlighten me to the outline for these essays? I'm confused about what a "grouping" is; are these essays basically the same as Thesis w/ 3ish points, points become paragraphs supported by documents? Or do you have to add counterarguments and things?</p>
<p>yeah, it's a self study hah.</p>
<p>I don’t think I can directly link to it, but google ‘AP Central’ and click on Exam Courses on the left side of the page. The website provides some sample essays and grading rubrics.</p>
<p>Grouping the way I understand it is basically grouping documents together based on content. Like all documents written by women, or perhaps if they’re all within a time period. </p>
<p>This isn’t a regular English essay. It’s graded according to a rubric, and you should follow that rather than a flowing essay but one that address the rubric. I, personally, stick the additional document right after the introduction just so that I get it over with. It doesn’t flow very well, but it gets the job done. </p>
<p>The way I organize my DBQ is by each grouping being one paragraph. And in each, I explain how each set of documents supports my thesis (which EXPLICITLY addresses the question). </p>
<p>Counter-arguments? Pourquoi? Stick to addressing the prompt. Actually, you do need to identify bias in some documents, so that I guess =/. You can try to make your essay really nice, that’ll get you the expanded core, but it’s useless without the basic core. Concentrate on the other essays first, they’re all graded equally.</p>