REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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if you can find it in a dictionary
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where they are from
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perspective/point-of-view
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if it is fiction or nonfiction
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Detailed explanation-1: -While primary sources prove a solid foundation for your arguments with first=hand accounts, secondary sources give readers a wider view of your topic and by giving them the perspectives and opinions of other researchers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary sources are those which are written ABOUT events in the past. They usually interpret those events through the lens of the time period in which they are written. New discoveries are made and attitudes change over time causing understandings of past events to change.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary sources can be a variety of materials in different mediums. The key to identifying primary source materials is determining if this source originates or was created during the time under study. Primary sources were present or created during the event or time period and offer a first-hand perspective.
Detailed explanation-4: -If exploring how an event affected people at a certain time, this type of source would be considered a primary source. If exploring the event, then the opinion piece would be responding to the event and therefore is considered to be a secondary source.