will it matter if i fake primary quotes (1 Viewer)

[quokka]

eg if i say herodotus states in histories "persia was a tyrant yet easily dominanted by the greek forces" idk help

 

[Snoopy:)]

(I know this was posted a while ago but this may still be helpful)
I mean you can paraphrase (which is more of a modern history thing but you could get away with it) especially if it is a really long quote I think it should be fine. Just do '...' in places to so it looks like a quote, especially if it was a long quote from Herodotus. It kinda shows how you know what your referencing without putting the whole quote in, which is really important under time cause who has the time in the HSC to write out a 3 sentence quote.

 

[99.95dreams]

as an ancient student, while this is not ideal, yes, you can definitely do that.
why?
well, do you really think your teacher will be scouring through the books of tacitus, suetonius, or herodotus to find your quote? no! they already have too much on their plate esp hsc markers, who are getting paid per paper, geniunely wouldn't care to fact-check your quotes. so you are good!
although the best practice is to have a wide range of prepared materials, i know this is a challenge as well.

 

[Study to success]

Fake it till u make it

 

[quokka]

(I know this was posted a while ago but this may still be helpful)
I mean you can paraphrase (which is more of a modern history thing but you could get away with it) especially if it is a really long quote I think it should be fine. Just do '...' in places to so it looks like a quote, especially if it was a long quote from Herodotus. It kinda shows how you know what your referencing without putting the whole quote in, which is really important under time cause who has the time in the HSC to write out a 3 sentence quote.

Thank you queen

 

[quokka]

as an ancient student, while this is not ideal, yes, you can definitely do that.
why?
well, do you really think your teacher will be scouring through the books of tacitus, suetonius, or herodotus to find your quote? no! they already have too much on their plate esp hsc markers, who are getting paid per paper, geniunely wouldn't care to fact-check your quotes. so you are good!
although the best practice is to have a wide range of prepared materials, i know this is a challenge as well.

Thank u queen my ancient teacher was like yeah we r gonna know primary is wrong because weve done it for so long but like fake it till u make it

 

[Anononthehunt]

eg if i say herodotus states in histories "persia was a tyrant yet easily dominanted by the greek forces" idk help

No, but I'd say it's better to know real quotes. Adds a sense of legitimacy to your argument - and in the HSC the markers might look up a quote if they don't know it, and upon seeing that it's not a quote at all they could metaphorically kill you with hammers... but! It's up to you - it's a risk I wouldn't take, but each to their own.