Ideas & Opinions
A view, a judgement or a position.
What is an Opinion?
These are the 'WHAT' in a stimulus.
What are language features?
A text structure that shows how things are similar and different, helping audiences weigh options or viewpoints – may provide balance or persuade,
What is a compare/contrast sequence?
Language that appeals to emotions when discussing the internet.
What is emotive language?
The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, enabling computers to learn, reason, solve problems, perceive, and make decisions.
What is AI?
A thought or concept.
What is an 'Idea'?
The device or guide we use to remember how to 'explain': name, evidence, works, shapes
What is “the compass”?
A structure often used in texts about online safety issues.
What is problem–solution?
Exaggerated language used to strengthen ideas about internet harm.
What is hyperbole?
A subjective statement used by a blogger to help represent the internet as beneficial.
This statement, “The internet connects people globally,” is classified as this.
What is an idea?
A term used to describe how creators of texts use opinions, ideas, language features and text structures to communicate a broader message.
What are 'representations'?
A term that refers to where these elements are placed: titles, headings, leads, margins, (e.g. opening paragraph, hook), bullet points, indented paragraphs/lines, overviews, separated sections
What is 'layout'?
Uses an object, colour, or action to communicate a ideas or emotion, prompting deeper meaning
What is symbolism?
The gap between those who have access to technology, the internet and digital literacy training and those who do not.
What is the 'Digital Divide'?
This statement, “Social media causes more harm than good,” is classified as this.
What is an opinion?
A CIA response that only describes evidence without explaining how it shapes readers.
What is an incomplete response?
This structure emphasizes dangers before offering fixes.
What is problem–solution sequence?
Language such as “we” and “our” is used to involve readers.
What is inclusive language?
A data-tracking system in which an individual's internet search history and browsing habits are used to present them with similar or related material on social media or other platforms.
What is an algorithm?
Identifying these personal judgements helps explain a writer’s perspective.
What are opinions?
A CIA response that includes all four points of the compass: answers the question fully, has clear explanations, strong evidence, uses accurate terminology and correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
What is a high-A response?
A text structure that helps audiences understand how things changed over time. May show progress, development, or evolution - or regression, decline, or de-evolution.
What is chronological order?
Punctuation marks that suggest uncertainty, unfinished business, suspense: “The internet knows everything…”
What are 'ellipses'?
A theory, or lens through which we might view the internet as being full of Ai produced material - no longer for humans, by humans thus rendering the internet, “dead”.
What is 'Dead Internet Theory'