REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
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A news reporter was talking about a really big storm in Chicago that she experienced last year. The reporter is a
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Primary Source
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Secondary Source
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -For example, a biography about Abraham Lincoln is a secondary resource about Lincoln. However, if examined as a piece of evidence about the nature of biographical writing, or as an example of the biographer’s writing method it becomes a primary resource.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social media posts from services like Instagram and Twitter can also be primary sources. These sources serve as the raw material to interpret the past, and when they are used along with previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources necessary for historical research.
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