REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
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The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
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John Adams by David McCullough
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, David McCullough’s biography, John Adams, is an example of a secondary source that explores the life of John Adams through the use of primary sources, including letters, diaries, contemporary newspaper articles, and other sources from the time period.
Detailed explanation-2: -In poetry analysis, a primary source is the poem itself. This is the object being studies. Other primary sources may be letters written by the poet, a poet’s birth certificate, etc. A secondary source is a book or an article written about the poem.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of secondary sources are scholarly or popular books and journal articles, histories, criticisms, reviews, commentaries, encyclopedias, and textbooks.