Question formats Flashcards
Message
Write about 2 main messages in the source using a PEA structure
“The big message of the source is…”
“For example the source says…”
“The author is critical/supportive of…”
Agreement / Disagreement
Two agreements and Two disagreements, one of them should be the big message
Eg: “One way the sources agree/disagree is that source A says x and source B says y this shows they agree/disagree because…”
End with a short judgement
Eg: “Overall, the source agree/disagree more that they agree/disagree”
Usefulness
Every source is useful even it is one sided or a lie as it presents the authors point of view
Present two ways in which the source is useful
Eg: “Source A is useful in understanding X as one impression the source gives is… for example, the source says.. This suggests that… therefore one impression the source gives about x is…”
Short judgement at the end
Purpose
Explain the main message
Eg: “The Big message of the source is… For_example_ the source says…”
Explain the authors stance
“The source is critical/criticising/supporting… For example the source says…”
Explain what the source intends to do
The source intends to (Based on who, when, where)”
Surprise
The first example is for a single source question and the second is for a two source question
Say why the source is surprising
“In some ways, Source A is surprising because… for example source A says…”
or
“In some ways, Source A does make me surprised by Source B. For example source A says…, whereas Source B says… This is a contradiction and therefore makes source B surprising because…”
Say why the source is unsurprising, knowledge
“But really, Source A is unsurprising because I know that… and Source A says… This makes source A unsurprising because…”
Say why the source is not surprising, Nature/Origin/Purpose
“Source A is also unsurprising because of who/when/why/where it was written… Source a was written… Which makes it unsurprising because…”
Overall statement
“Overall the source is not surprising because”
or
“Overall, source A does not make me surprised by source B because…”
Reliability
If given two texts, cross reference between texts
Why the source is reliable, using own knowledge
“In some ways Source A is reliable because… For example, Source A suggests…”
Why the source is not reliable, using Nature/Origin/Purpose
“However, Source A is not reliable because it was written…”
Why the source is not reliable, using Own knowledge
“However, Source A is not reliable because I know that…”
Short Judgement at end
“Overall, source A is reliable/not reliable”
Conclusion
There are no marks for intro and conclusion
Go through each source, stating weather they agree/disagree/neutral and support with quotes and briefly explain
“Source A supports/does not support the statement because… For example, source A says that… and therefore supports/does not support the statement because…”
Evaluate 2-3 sources by assessing reliability
“This source has particular _strengths/weaknesses because…”
Prove
Why the source proves x is right/wrong
“In some ways Source A does prove that x is wrong in Source B because… For example, Source A suggests… Yet source B suggests Source A contradicts source B and proves… because…”
Why the source proves x is right/wrong, using Nature/Origin/Purpose
“However, _Source a may not be wrong because i know that…”
Why the source proves x is right/wrong, using Own knowledge
“However, Source A may not be wrong because it was written…”
Short Judgement at end
“Overall, Source A does not completely prove Source B wrong”
