Decoding LEQ and DBQ Prompts Meaning
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20 useful ways to decode the LEQ and DBQ by simplifying the meaning into something that actually makes sense. +1 additional recommendation to improve your introduction.
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Evaluate the extent to which
Explaining why with reasoning and evidence how much of it is true? (A little, a lot, or in between?)
Evaluate the relative importance
Which cause or factor matters most? Rank them.
Assess the validity
Is this statement true or false? Explain why.
Analyze
Break it down into parts and explain each part.
Compare
What is the same and what is different?
Contrast
What is different?
Explain
Tell how or why something happened.
To what extent
Focusing on the degree of the topic, how much of it is true? (Mostly true, partly true, or not true?)
Discuss
Give details and consider different sides.
Describe
Tell what happened or what something is like. Characteristics.
Justify
Give reasons to support your answer.
Support your answer
Give evidence and reasons.
Identify
Name or list.
Trace
Show the steps or sequence of events.
Assess
Judge how important or effective something is.
Account for
Explain why something happened.
Defend or refute
Agree with or argue against.
Synthesize
Combine information from different sources or ideas.
Illustrate
Give examples.
Summarize
Give the main points briefly.
You should restate part of the LEQ/DBQ prompt, for example, if it tells you to “Evaluate the extent to which…” you can then say “The Cherokee to a great extent were resourceful due to…” This involves paraphrasing the prompt to clarify the focus of your argument.
Restate the prompt.