Vocabulary Words
Word meaning acting with courtesy, honor, and bravery, especially toward women and children
What is chivalrous?
Type of source that was written by someone with firsthand knowledge of the event
What is a primary source?
The reason the Titanic remains are deteriorating
The number of years a source should be written during in order to be considered credible
What is 10 years?
Term for looking at sources similarities and differences
What is comparing and contrasting?
Word meaning shocked or filled with horror and disgust
What is appalled?
Type of source that was written by someone without firsthand knowledge of the event
What is a secondary source?
The inadequacy that the author of "Most Appalling Ocean Horror" was focused on
What are lifeboats?
Information you should know about the author in order to assess a sources credibility
What is their educational background or bias?
An example of a primary source
What is a diary, letter, recording, or interview by someone with firsthand knowledge?
Word meaning unstoppable
What is inexorable?
Author's purpose where the author is convincing readers to do or believe something using emotional language and opinions.
What is persuade?
The first and last name of the passenger whose letter we read as a primary source (she wrote it while on the rescue boat)
Who is Mary Lines?
The abbreviation for government when researching online
What is .gov?
The side of the Titanic that sank first
What is the bow?
What is callous?
Author's purpose where the author is educating readers on a topic using facts and data
What is inform?
The main reason the men let the women and children go first on the lifeboats according to the author of "Most Appalling Ocean Horror"
What is chivalry was the common law amongst humanity?
Synonym for credibility
What is reliability or trustworthiness?
The nationality of the waifs belonging to Madame Navratil
What is French?
What is irrespective?
Author's purpose where the author is telling fictional stories with dramatic elements
What is entertain?
The act that made the man "a coward"
What is dressing up as a women to get on a lifeboat?
The types of websites that are typically considered credible (there's 3)
What are .edu, .org, .gov?
The number of musicians who went down with the Titanic and were honored for it
What is eight?