Skills & Documents Vocabulary

What is the definition of "primary source"?

• A document or written work created after an event

• An artifact written/produced during the time of the event being studied

• The end result if a different choice had been made

• To quote or to use as evidence

What does "cite" mean?

• To prove to be false

• To quote or to use as evidence

• Deserving trust, dependable

• A result or consequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which term describes "prejudice in favor of or against one thing usually in a way considered to be unfair"?

• Bias

• Thesis

• Correlation

• Sequencing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is "evidence"?

• A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved

• Facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

• A special skill, knowledge, or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job

• The reason something happens

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What does "refute" mean?

• To prove to be false

• A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

• The order in which things happen

• Capable of being believed

What does "multiple causation" refer to?

• The belief that an event occurs due to a single factor

• The belief that an event occurs randomly

• The belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination

• The belief that an event occurs without any cause

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What does the term "relevant" mean?

• Unrelated to the matter at hand

• Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

• Irrelevant to the situation

• Unimportant to the context

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does it mean to "verify" something?

• To ignore other sources

• To confirm with other sources

• To assume without evidence

• To reject other sources

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the definition of "accuracy"?

• How false something is

• How vague something is

• How true or exact something is

• How confusing something is

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What does "consistent" mean?

• Unsteady; irregular

• Steady; regular

• Random; unpredictable

• Erratic; changeable

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4