Comparing Media/Media Literacy Vocab

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Study or examine something carefully to discover its key features or meaning; to break down.

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analyze

Front

The coach showed his _______ when he only picked tall boys for the basketball team.

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bias

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In argument writing, the writer’s position on an issue is the ________.

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claim

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We started to read the article before realizing it was just ______________, designed to get us onto the website.

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clickbait

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People read articles that confirm their beliefs due to _______________.

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confirmation bias

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Essential element of argument writing that anticipates opposing viewpoints and provides ______________ to disprove them.

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counterargument

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Section of a newspaper/broadcast presenting opinions.

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editorial

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Facts that prove or disprove something.

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evidence

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False info; fiction. The photo of a yellow squash flattening a car was pure _______________.

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fabrication

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A _________ about my great-grandfather is that he was born in 1922.

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fact