Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

7th Grade

15 Qs

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Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.3.5, RL.11-12.6, RI.7.1

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

Used 2+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What lowers an author's reliability?

If they are trying to persuade or convince the audience.

If they are writing to inform the audience.

If they are writing to educate the audience.

If they present both sides of the issue.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why isn't your opinion in your essay considered to be evidence or a reliable source?

You are not an expert in any topic.

Your opinions, without the support of facts, are biased.

Your opinion, disguised as facts in your essay, is often just plagiarized from somewhere else.

Your opinions need to be substantiated by credible sources.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: If you can find it online, it must be true.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: The website looks really official. The information it offers must be true.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: It is clear who wrote the content because there is contact information and the information seems current and error–free. I can safely use this information for my homework assignment.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: I should always compare the information I find online with at least 2 other sources.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False: I should always be a skeptic when it comes to information that I find online.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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