Digital & Print Sources
A website that is provided on the internet.
What is a digital source?
A first hand account of someone present at the event.
What is a primary source?
A statement or idea the author wants you to believe or understand.
What is an author's point?
What I see + What I know = What I infer
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
A book that contains facts on a specific topic.
What is a print source?
An account written by someone else regarding factual information from various sources about a given event.
What is a secondary source?
True or false: textual evidence does not need to match the author's precise claim.
FALSE! It must always match!
A conclusion that is drawn based on all available information and your own background knowledge.
What is an inference?
The narrator is in the story.
What is first person point of view?
True or false: You need to use multiple different sources including audio, digital, and print to form an answer for a question.
TRUE! Always use more than one type of source!
Diaries, interviews, official documents, autobiographies, letters, and photographs.
What are examples of primary sources?
Proof that an author gives to support their position.
What is text evidence?
To say or write someone else's words exactly.
What is a quote?
The the reader sees only one character’s perspective.
What is third person limited?
A source that has been proven reliable, based on facts, and created by experts in the field.
What is a reputable source?
Textbooks, articles, encyclopedias, documentaries, and biographies.
What are examples of secondary sources?
The WHY behind an opinion.
What is a reason?
I am big and gray. I use mud to cool me down. I have a trunk but don't travel much. I knock down trees and I cannot reach the branches. What am I?
What is an elephant?
The narrator is "all knowing" and can see more than one character's perspective.
What is third person omniscient?
When comparing digital and print sources, this skill helps you decide which source is more trustworthy by checking the author’s expertise, the accuracy of facts, and whether the information is up to date. What skill is this?
What is evaluating sources?
A researcher investigates a historic volcanic eruption. They examine a survivor’s personal diary and also review a documentary produced many years later that explains the event using multiple original records. What type of source is this?
What is a secondary source?
In an essay about social media, the author highlights how it can harm friendships, distract students, and spread false information, while barely mentioning any benefits. What kind of view does the author have toward social media?
What is a negative perspective?
I am big and green but not mean. I carry a torch for freedom. I can stand in water, but I cannot swim. People travel from miles around to visit me. What am I?
The narrator is speaking directly to you, the reader.
What is second person point of view?