So you think you know how to write huh? Well for this course there are specific ways in which the College Board wants you to be able to write and specific skills you must showcase within your writing to be successful. Paying attention to the rubrics put out by College Board will help you to understand exactly what/how they want you to do for each of the three styles of writing you'll be expected to do for the AP Exam.

You have the SAQ's, short answer questions, that generally are about 1 paragraph or so in length. 3 SAQ's will need to be answered in a 40 min time limit and will be worth 20% of your overall exam score.

Next we have the DBQ, the document-based question, where you will be using historical documents, pictures etc to answer a prompt given to you by the College Board. This is a challenging essay to write, however, with practice the skills can become second nature. This essay can be anywhere from 3-6 paragraphs, you'll have 60 min to complete this, and it is worth about 25% of your overall exam grade.

Finally, we come to the LEQ, the long essay question, which is used to explain and analyze significant issues in world history. The three prompts (you get to chose one!) are given to you by College Board and will measure a certain type of skill across varied time periods (comparison, causation, or continuity and change) and is generally 4-5 paragraphs. This will be done in about 40 min and is worth about 15% of your overall exam score.

60% of your overall AP Exam score will be linked to writing so I would advise you to pay attention and practice, practice, practice.