OPVL Exemplar

Origin
- Provide the MLA citation
- Identify the source as primary or secondary
- Write out the publishing information in complete sentences

Author Title Publisher Date URL Primary or

Secondary

Inskeep, Steve. "In Iran, A Poet's 700-Year-Old Verses Still Set Hearts Aflame." NPR, 12 Feb. 2016,
www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/02/12/466408554/in-iran-a-poets-700-year-old-verses-still-set-hearts-aflame.

Purpose
- Consider whether it is to inform, persuade, or entertain
- Consider the goal of the author
- Consider the target audience
- Consider the language used and who it is appropriate for

Value & Limitations

- Consider the overall value or limitations
- Consider the value or limitations of the origin
- Consider the value or limitations of the content

Example
Name of Source Origin Purpose Value Limitations

The New York Times The purpose of this This article is valuable The article is limited
Dispute Over Danube article is to inform a because it allows because it mostly
Dam Threatens reader about the Danube readers to see that summarizes the two
Hungarian Wetlands. River conflict that arose border disputes have sides of the dispute, and
New York Times, 11 July between Slovakia and been going on for a long cannot provide in-depth
1993,
 https://www.nytimes.com Hungary. The author time. People can also knowledge and
/1993/07/11/world/disput aims to bring awareness use this article to help understanding.
e-over-danube-dam-thre this conflict is having on understand current or
atens-hungarian-wetland Hungary’s wetlands as future disputes and how Since the article was
s.html the title of the article, they dealt with them. written in 1993 it only
“Dispute Over Danube explains the issue and
Secondary Source Dam Threatens The New York Times, has no information on
Hungarian Wetlands” based in the United how the problem was
This article is a shows. The target States, is a renowned eventually solved. The
newspaper article written audience for this article newspaper that is details and language
by a New York Times would be a global printed and distributed were also difficult to
journalist. It was community, specifically all over the world, which follow sometimes, which
published on July 11th, those who are makes it a reliable could lead to confusion
1993 in New York City. environmentally source for information. on the part of the reader.
conscious. The The journalist who wrote
language used is for it explained both sides of
adults. the story using quotes
from multiple people,
without adding their
personal opinion on the
issue.

Education is key to every The purpose of the This is a valuable The primary limitation of
one of the 17 Education is key to every infographic identifying resource as it conveys this infographic is that it
Sustainable one of the17 Sustainable the role of education in very quickly all the is very short and doesn’t
Development Goals Development Goals. being able to meet all elements essential for convey all the details of
SDGs for children, the 17 Sustainable SDG. SDG. Understanding
Retrieved April 15, 2021, Development Goals is to SDG completely would
https://www.sdgsforchildr inform the reader about The SDG for children is take a lot more research
en.org/ the United Nations SDG. aligned with a Candian and reading.
The author aims to nonprofit and the United
Secondary Source
provide readers with a Nations, therefore is The web site says that it
simple graphic that supported by reputable wants to reach children
SDGsForChildren was
founded in 2014 by the
young teenager Ayush
Chopra. It is an initiative
to give platform to
children across the globe
to connect and
collaborate.
brings all 17 points organization and is from around the world
together is a succinct a credible source. It is however it is only in
way. The target written and designed in a English therefore may be
audience for this simple way so that a hard for many to access
graphic is educators, as range of ages can read information.
it provides a way for and understand it.
them to understand the
connections between the
17 ideas when they are
teaching them to kids.
The language is
specialized as it uses
keywords and ideas
used by the
organization.