Question

To be considered a primary source, a source must be:

A. written or created by an educated expert.
B. written or created by a person who experienced an event.
C. written or created by an objective, unbiased person.
D. written or created for use as historical evidence.

Answer 1

THE ANSWER IS B. written or created by a person who experienced an event.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) written or created by a person who experienced an event.

To be considered a primary source, a source must be written or created by a person who experienced an event.

When doing research, an author has to use primary and secondary resources to support its arguments. Primary sources are the ones written or created by a person who experienced an event. That is the main characteristic of primary sources. It could be a letter o a photograph of people that witnessed or participated in the event. Secondary resources could be books written by other researches or encyclopedias.