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analyze | To think about the different parts of a problem or situation to figure out the traits of the whole. |
evaluate | To determine the value of something for a given purpose based on certain standards or criteria. |
bias | A preference for something, you cannot be objective. |
compare | To look at traits or questions to find out what is alike and what is different. |
Credible Sources | A source of information that you can depend on to be true, trustworthy and accurate. |
evidence | Something that furnishes proof; something legally submitted to ascertain the truth of a matter. |
explain | To make clear or give reason for something. |
identify | To recognize, distinguish, know, point out or select. |
persuasive argument | A persuasive argument uses evidence to support it. A statement made to convince a reader or listener of a certain belief. |
Political cartoon | A cartoon that makes a point about a political issue or event, used to bring issues and concerns to the attention of all people. Some of the features of a political cartoon include symbolism, stereotyping, caricatures, exaggeration and distortion, captions and humor or irony. |
Primary Sources | Primary sources of information are firsthand accounts. They are historical records left by people who directly witnessed the event. Common types of primary sources include diaries, speeches, paintings, and autobiographies. |
refute | To disagree with the thesis and disprove it with facts. |
Reliable | A source of information that you can depend on to be true. |
Secondary sources | Secondary sources are secondhand accounts produced after the event happened. People who write secondary sources of information were not present at the original events. |
support | To agree with the thesis and back it up with facts. |