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SBCS Answering Formats Basic Inference (1 paragraph) [5] - Point - Evidence (quote one sentence from the source/describe the picture) - Explanation (explain how the evidence supports the point) Purpose (1 paragraph) [6] - This cartoon/speech was published because … (Verb, Audience, Message, Outcome) - Evidence (quote one sentence from the source/describe the picture) - Explanation of how the evidence supports the point - Explanation of how this leads to the intended outcome Comparison (2 paragraphs) [5] Comparing Inferences (Similarity) - Sources A and B are similar in suggesting … - Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … - Similarly, Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … (Difference) - Sources A and B differ in suggesting (common topic). Source A suggests … while Source B suggests … - Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … - However, Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … Comparing with Tone Some words to describe tone: - Balanced - Praiseful - Overly supportive - Condescending - Critical - Accusatory - Sarcastic (Similarity) - Sources A and B are similar as they both suggest that … (inference about a common topic) through the use of a ___ tone. - Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, Source A has a ___ tone because … (loaded language /one sidedness / literary device) - Similarly, Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, Source B has a ___ tone because … (loaded language /one sidedness / literary device) (Difference) - Sources A and B have a differing tone about (common topic). Source A suggests that (inference) through the use of a ___ tone, whereas Source B suggests (inference) through the use of a ___ tone.

- Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, Source A has a ___ tone because … (loaded language /one sidedness / literary device) - However, Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, Source B has a ___ tone because … (loaded language /one sidedness / literary device) Comparing with Purpose (Similarity) - Sources A and B are similar in their purpose as they both seek to … (state common outcome) - Source A seeks to … (VAMO). Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, by sending this message, (explain how Source A’s message leads to outcome) - Similarly, Source B seeks to … (VAMO). Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, by sending this message, (explain how Source B’s message leads to outcome) (Difference) - Sources A and B differ in their purpose as they are conveying different messages to achieve differing outcomes - Source A seeks to … (VAMO). Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, by sending this message, (explain how Source A’s message leads to outcome) - However, Source B seeks to … (VAMO). Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … Moreover, by sending this message, (explain how Source B’s message leads to outcome) Reliability (2 paragraphs) [6] Cross-reference with Other Sources - Source A is reliable/unreliable as Source B supports/contradicts it when I cross-reference with it. - Source A suggests that … (inference). Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … - When I cross-reference it with Source B, it suggests that …(inference). Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … - Hence, as Source B supports/contradicts Source A when I cross-reference with it, Source A is reliable/unreliable in suggesting (issue) Cross-reference with Contextual Knowledge - Source A is reliable / unreliable as my contextual knowledge supports/contradicts it when I cross-reference with it

- Source A suggests that … (inference). Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … - When I cross-reference it with contextual knowledge, it indeed suggests that… / However, when i cross-reference it with my contextual knowledge, it suggests …(inference) - According to my contextual knowledge … (state facts that are relevant) - Hence, as my contextual knowledge supports / contradicts Source A when I cross-reference with it, Source A is reliable/unreliable in suggesting (issue) Tone - Balanced - Praiseful - Overly supportive - Condescending - Critical - Accusatory - Sarcastic - Source A is reliable / unreliable as it has a ___ tone towards (issue) - Source A suggests that (inference). Source A states, (evidence). This suggests that … - Source A is reliable / unreliable as it has a ___ tone towards (issue). Source A states, (relevant description). This suggests that it was (type of tone) because of loaded language / one sidedness / literary device - Hence, as Source A is ___ (tone) towards (issue), it is unreliable in suggesting … Purpose - Propagandistic purpose - Exaggerated - Source C is unreliable about (issue) due to its purpose - Source C … (VAMO) - Source C states, (evidence). This suggests that … - However, due to Source C’s purpose, it is unreliable about what it says about (issue). By sending this message, (explain the outcome) e.g gain more support for Nazi policies - Hence, due to Source C’s purpose, it is unreliable in suggesting (issue). Motive - When audience is not able to be identified - Source B is unreliable due to its motive - Source B suggests that … (inference). Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … - However, Source B is unreliable as it is an account of a (role of author), as such he/she would want to (inferred interests of author). Hence, he/she would have written this source to (motive). - Hence, due to Source B’s motive, it is unreliable in suggesting (issue). Going against One’s Interest - Source B is reliable as it goes against its own self interest. - Source B suggests that … (inference). Source B states, (evidence). This suggests that … - Source B is reliable as it is an account of a (role of author), as such he/she would want to (inferred interests of author). However, in writing this source, it goes

against their self-interest because it does not do them any good to … - Hence, as Source B goes against its own self interest, it is reliable in suggesting (issue). Evaluation - study all sources (5 para) [8] Evaluate 3 sources, at least one for support and one for do not support [6] If only 2 sources evaluated with one on each side - 5m (Support) - Point - Source A supports this view) - Evidence (quote one sentence from the source/describe the picture) - Explanation (explain how the evidence supports the point) (Don’t support) - Point - Source B does not support this view. Instead, it suggests that… (inference for source) - Evidence (quote one sentence from the source/describe the picture) - Explanation (explain how the evidence supports the point) Cross-reference