Analyzing Text Sources Quiz

Analyzing Text Sources Quiz

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Analyzing Text Sources Quiz

Analyzing Text Sources Quiz

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Quiz

History

8th Grade

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Created by

Andrea McKeown

Used 4+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following questions is NOT one of the 5Ws used to analyze a text source?

Who is the author?

What is the text?

When was the text written?

How was the text written?

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sources can a text be classified as?

Primary or secondary source

Fiction or non-fiction

Digital or analog

Short or long

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why might a text be written as a record of an event?

To inform an important person of events

To persuade others

To record personal events for private use

To entertain readers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which time frame/place would be more reliable when evaluating a source?

In the same place as the event it describes or somewhere else

In a different country

In a different language

In a different time period

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are two reasons text sources can be recorded?

To entertain the audience

To provide factual information

To persuade the reader

To record personal thoughts

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is a characteristic of a primary source?

It is a second-hand account

It is created after the event

It provides direct evidence

It is always a digital document

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When analyzing a text, why is it important to consider the author's background?

To understand the text's length

To determine the text's genre

To gain insight into potential biases

To know the publication date

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