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Quick questions on Source skills: detecting exaggeration and selectivity - SQA National 5 Modern Studies
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What are break the view into parts?Show answer
A stated view often makes more than one claim, for example "the scheme is a complete success and has cut costs". Deal with each part, because a view can be partly true and partly exaggerated.
What are judge how far the view holds?Show answer
End with a judgement: the view is exaggerated, or only partly accurate, because while some evidence supports it, other evidence contradicts it.
What is q1?Show answer
What does it mean to say a view is selective in its use of facts? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
To show a view is exaggerated, what two kinds of evidence must your answer contain? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Why is giving your own opinion, with no source evidence, a weak answer to a selectivity question? [1 mark]
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