§ 1Big Picture
§ 2Argument Vocabulary
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§ 3Key Concepts & Structures
Each card opens to show What / When to Use / How It Works / Why It Matters on the AP exam. Click a card to expand.
§ 440-Minute Writing Plan
Gold dots = critical checkpoints. Stick to this plan and you will finish with time to spare.
§ 5Key Questions
Click a question to reveal a model answer. If you can answer each of these cold, you own the argument essay.
§ 6Multiple-Choice Practice
These passage-based questions test your ability to identify argument structure, evidence, and reasoning. Read the passage, then answer.
§ 7Quick Argument Exercises
Rule of thumb: every argument needs Claim + Evidence + Reasoning. Draft your response first, then reveal the model.
§ 8Full Argument Essay
Work through this full argument prompt. The “evidence examples” below the quotation show how to develop each piece of evidence with analysis — exactly what earns Row B points.
§ 9Additional Argument Prompts
Two more argument prompts with different claim types. Practice defend, challenge, AND qualify positions.
§ 10Great Argument Prompts
Famous quotations and claims that make excellent argument essay prompts. Read each, then think: would you defend, challenge, or qualify?
§ 11Common Pitfalls
The specific mistakes AP readers see over and over on argument essays.