Part 1
What types of texts are there
Fiction and non-fiction texts
What kind of dramas are there?
Plays and scenes
Which out of these three are the worst to use in your papers?
- Popular magazines
- Scholarly Journals
-Trade Publications
Popular magazines
What are a few examples of secondary sources?
Articles critiquing artwork, movie review, history books, or biography of a historical figure, literary criticism,
What is accuracy?
How accurate the information is: is the information verifiable? Are they written correctly?
What kind of fiction texts are there?
Prose, poetry, and drama
What kind of essays are there?
Narrative, argumentative, informational, and anthologies
What kind of sources are there?
Primary and secondary
What does C.R.A.A.P stand for?
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
What is purpose?
The purpose of the source: what is it trying to accomplish? Is it trying to sell you anything?
What type of non-fiction texts are there?
Biography, historical, autobiography, diaries or letters, essays, articles, informational
What kind of articles are there?
peer-reviewed research, news, and pop-culture
What are primary sources?
Firsthand accounts of a time period or event, original documents, and creative work
What is currency?
How recent the information is & how up-to-date the source
Determine if this is a primary or a secondary source:
An autobiography about Bill Gates.
Primary
What kind of prose are there?
Novels, chapters, short stories, anthologies
What kind of informational non fiction texts are there?
how-to-text, self-help, textbooks, and chapters
What are secondary sources
Publications that analyze, interpret, review, or evaluate primary sources
What is relevance?
Does it share keywords with your research question?
Determine if this is a primary or secondary source:
A painting by Leonardo DaVinci.
Primary
What kind of poetry are there?
Epic poetry and lyrical poetry
Which out of these three are the best to use in your papers?
- Popular magazines
- Scholarly Journals
-Trade Publications
Scholarly journals
What are a few examples of a primary source?
Paintings, movies, novels, poems, an original research article, magazines
What is authority?
How the author know what they are talking about: Are they an expert in their field? Are they trustworthy?
Determine if this is a primary or a secondary source:
A book describing Christopher Columbus sailing to America.
Secondary