An author fictionalizing a story should use which types of source materials to research the story’s elements? Choose three correct answers.

To make a fictional story feel accurate, an author should research its real-world details using informative sources. Interviews can provide firsthand accounts, textbooks offer researched background, and news articles report on real events and people. Short stories and movies are primarily creative works, so they are less suitable as factual research sources.

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