ENG 2100 Evaluating Sources & Synthesizing Ideas

Taking notes on note cards for each of your sources and then laying the cards out on a table is a strategy that can BEST help you do which of the following?

Identify connections among your sources.

Which of the following questions can help you assess the patterns and connections that you find among your sources?

All of these questions are helpful in assessing the patterns and connections among sources

Which of the following strategies can help you investigate a news source to determine whether it is false news?

Check the URL to see whether the source is hosted on a counterfeit website that mimics a real news source by altering the URL.

Before you start to look for connections among your sources, you should make sure that you know how your own ideas fit within the larger conversation about your topic.

False

When considering whether a source might be useful to your research, which of the following questions will be MOST helpful in establishing whether the source is reliable?

Is the source peer-reviewed?

Which of the following strategies for reading can help you identify patterns and connections among sources?

Read all your sources with an open mind.

False or "fake" news has been around since at least the invention of the printing press.

True

When reading a source with a critical eye, which of the following questions will be MOST helpful as you evaluate how persuasive its argument is?

What reasons and evidence does the author provide in support of their position?

When comparing two or more sources that present similar information, which of the following questions should you ask to help decide which source is the best to use?

Which source's argument is most logical

Why should you strive to synthesize the ideas of multiple sources in your own writing?

to generate new information and support what you want to say