REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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primary
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secondary
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What are primary sources? Primary sources are materials from the time of the person or event being researched. Letters, diaries, artifacts, photographs, and other types of first-hand accounts and records are all primary sources.
Detailed explanation-2: -The art or process of producing pictures by this action of light. The well-focused optical image is thrown on a surface of metal, glass, paper, or other suitable substance, coated with collodion or gelatin, and sensitized with the chlorides, bromides, or iodides of silver, or other salts sensitive to light.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why are photographs useful primary sources? Photographs present a visual record of a moment in time. This can enhance our understanding of events and moments by giving us a sense of what they looked like.
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.