REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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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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Detailed explanation-1: -Personal texts–diaries, memoirs, letters, autobiographies, and papers–usually make excellent primary sources because they were written by a historical person you’re studying.
Detailed explanation-2: -One source can contain both primary and secondary information. For example, a diary entry that contains a version of events the author read in the newspaper (secondary) and the author’s feelings about the event (primary). Whether a source is primary or secondary can depend on the question you ask.
Detailed explanation-3: -For example: A diary is a primary source. It is a firsthand account of what one person saw and experienced.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of primary sources: Theses, dissertations, scholarly journal articles (research based), some government reports, symposia and conference proceedings, original artwork, poems, photographs, speeches, letters, memos, personal narratives, diaries, interviews, autobiographies, and correspondence.