CRQ Terms

Refers to the group for whom a given document or source was produced or intended

• Audience

• Bias

• Reliability

• Purpose

Refers to one-sidedness

• Point of View

• Purpose

• Reliability

• Bias

Refers to something that contributes to the occurrence of an event, the rise of an idea, or the bringing about of a development

• Evidence

• Turning Point

• Cause

• Effect

Tells how something is not alike or not the same as something else

• Similarity

• Difference

• Cause

• Effect

Refers to what happens as a consequence (result, impact, outcome) of an event, an idea, or a development

• Similarity

• Difference

• Cause

• Effect

Tells how something is alike or the same as something else

• Similarity

• Difference

• Cause

• Effect

Refers to information or details from a source that can be used for a specific purpose, such as drawing a conclusion or formulating an argument

• Explain

• Evidence

• Historical Context

• Point of View

Means to make plain or understandable; to give reasons for or causes of; to show the logical development or relationship of something

• Explain

• Identify

• Describe

• Purpose

Refers to where this historical development/event is taking place and why it is taking place there

• Historical Context

• Geographic Context

• Turning Point

• Evidence

Refers to the historical circumstance that led to this event/idea/historical development

• Historical Context

• Geographic Context

• Turning Point

• Evidence