Four Techniques for Answering Free-Response Questions

Four Techniques for Answering Free-Response Questions 

When you begin Section II, the essays, the last thing you want to do is start writing immediately. Take a minute and scan the questions. Find the questions that you know you will have the most success with, and put a star ( ) next to them in your booklet. You do not have to answer the questions in order however, you must number them clearly in your response book. 

After you have identified the questions that you will eventually answer, the next step is to decide what format each question lends itself to. There are four basic formats. Let s do an actual essay question to demonstrate each format. 

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