My DBQ Toolbox - Parts 1 & 2

What do you call the reading passage given at the very beginning of writing task that will give you the historical background information about the topic of the essay?

• The task

• The thesis

• The historical context

• The primary source

A data based question essay is usually abbreviated as

• QBE

• DBQ

• EQBD

• BQD

Why is it a good idea to use colored pencils and highlighters when working on source documents for an essay? Select all answers that apply.

• Color will help you match your notes to the source document.

• Color will help your essay look prettier and less boring.

• Color can help you label text evidence in a long passage.

• Color will help you organize information from multiple sources, making writing an outline less difficult.

What's the name of the DBQ tool that helps you organize the evidence you've collected into helpful charts, webs, flow charts and outlines?

• Primary Sources

• Documents

• Historical Context

• Organizing Documents

This DBQ tool is a list of words and phrases that help you inform the reader that some type of change is coming in your writing. These terms and phrases might signal a list, a summary, a comparison or a beginning or an end in your essay. They also could allow you to link your ideas together showing how one thing is connected to another. Select three correct answers.

• Linking Expressions

• Instructional Phrases

• Signal Words

• Transition Expressions

• Context Words

These are usually found under each source document and you must answer them before you begin writing your outline. They force you to analyze each source thoroughly.

• context questions

• scaffolding questions

• secondary questions

• hysterical questions

Primary Source:

(Select all that are correct)

• Artwork about a historical event completed years after the date of the event.

• Photographs taken during an event in history.

• A diary of a person that wrote about an event they witnessed.

• An encyclopedia article about an important historical event.

• A newspaper advertisement from the historical period being studied.

These type of sources are accounts created by people after the event happened. Mostly, they are scholarly books and articles. An encyclopedia is a great example this type of source.

• Primary Sources

• Historical Sources

• Secondary Sources

• Tertiary Sources

This statement is sometimes called a 'claim'. It tells your reader what you will be trying to prove in your essay.

• Primary Statement

• Task Statement

• Thesis Statement

• Contextual Statement

This is the actual question that you will be attempting to answer in your essay. It is sometimes referred to as the 'writing prompt'. Like a writing prompt, this statement will help you write your thesis statement.

• Contextual Evidence

• Source Statement

• Directions

• Task