let's talk about how to support your arguments with evidence in your ap essays and there are three things you need to do with your evidence you need to name it you need to explain it and you need to analyze it so name it write down a relevant vocabulary word then explain it which means define that vocabulary word and then analyze it which means to show how your vocab word and its definition supports your argument analyzing is the hardest part so let me just give you an example suppose a cop pulls me over for speeding and
i say you should not give me a ticket that's my argument now how am i going to support it i say my wife is in the back seat okay i named my evidence now let me explain she's nine months pregnant she's back there having contractions but if the cop is going to be convinced by my reasoning i need to show him why my evidence supports my argument so i say this if i don't drive at high speeds my wife is going to give birth in the back seat away from medical intervention therefore i should speed
and you should not give me a ticket and that is how you handle evidence
