Unit 4 FRQ Practice — Argument Essay

Write a complete AP Gov Argument Essay from a two-document foundational-document packet (Federalist No. 10 and Brutus No. 1) arguing whether elected officials should follow public opinion or exercise their own judgment when making policy — a defensible thesis with a line of reasoning; at least two pieces of specific, relevant evidence with at least one drawn from the foundational documents; reasoning explaining why the evidence supports the thesis; and a response to an opposing or alternative perspective — scored against the authentic AP Gov 6-point Argument Essay rubric.