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: -Second person or hearsay testimony-an account repeated by someone who did not actually participate in the event. Examples are newspaper accounts from interviews of observers, letters that repeat a story told to the writer, drawings based on other people’s observations, or a book written about a topic.
Detailed explanation-2: -Second-hand accounts by people who did not experience event.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of a Primary Source: A primary source is most often created during the time the events you are studying occurred, such as newspaper articles from the period, correspondence, diplomatic records, original research reports and notes, diaries etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary sources include documents or artifacts created by a witness to or participant in an event. They can be firsthand testimony or evidence created during the time period that you are studying.