Source Evaluation and Effectiveness Use what you’ve learned this week to respond

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Source Evaluation and Effectiveness Use what you’ve learned this week to respond to the following: Answer this question: “What makes a high-quality source?” Share a resource you intend to use in your informative speech. (Provide a link and / or upload a copy.)? Share your speech topic and explain how this source will support your informative speech.? Evaluate the effectiveness of a classmate’s source for their topic. Why is the source a good choice? Could another source better support the topic? If so, why??

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All sources cannot be considered as equal. A high quality source is one, which is reliable and has updated information. The high quality source will be able to build a connection with the reader and will be able to back its data with evidence.

Topic: Titanic, the great ship

Purpose: to inform the audience about the facts and figures related to the Titanic

Thesis: Once an exciting ride, the sinking of the Titanic became one of the most sorrowful ship disasters in history.

Credibility Statement: The story of the Titanic has always fascinated me. I have read many books, researches and have seen many documentaries about the Titanic and have very credible sources of information about it.

Titanic was deemed as the unsinkable ship at its launch. The ship had a luxurious setup aboard and had attracted the attention of many rich people all around the world. It held one of the biggest dining rooms of all times which could serve 500 passengers at a time. There were swimming pools, squash courts, library, Turkish baths, souvenir shops all aboard. It had the capacity to hold around 3000 people aboard.

The built of Titanic was very strong, it was deemed unsinkable. Seepage of water inside the ship was unimaginable. There were 16 water compartments in the bottom of the ship with automatic watertight doors which shut automatically if water seepage started in the ship. Such was the technological expertise used in the Titanic.

The crew considered the iceberg that came in the way of the Titanic very small. But most of the part of the iceberg was under water and was rock solid. The hit with the iceberg was so massive that 5 watertight compartments got filled with water within seconds.

There were 20 lifeboats aboard with a capacity to hold around 1100 people. Women and children were the first to be evacuated from the ship. Around 1500 passengers and crewmembers drowned with the Titanic.

Conclusion: So, we have discussed the story of one of the major maritime disasters of all times. The thing, which fascinates me till date, is whether Morgan Robertson, the author of the wreck of the Titan, had foreseen the sinking of the ship or was it a mere coincidence.

Support Reference:

These sources can be considered reliable as they are fact and research based and have been based on first source listing. The evidence has been directly taken from the survivors and the witness experiences. Also all data has been validated by government investigation. So, these sources can be considered to be of high-quality.

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