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Battling Fake News
200

You can access both Ebooks and Audiobooks from the name of this application, including the ability to use when offline

What is Follett Shelf or What is Sora?

200

This genre the story revolves around athletics. Ex: Lone Stars by Mike Lupica

What is Sports?

200

This is considered a credible resource without authors to easily search for articles in one place. Ex: SIRS Discoverer or GALE

What is an online database?

200

Story is told in poetry-verse format instead of paragraphs; may be organized in short series of sections; text uses rhyme and rhythm to show meaning and emotion Ex: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

What is Novels in Verse?

200

People write this to scare people, to make money, or to control the narrative of the topic

What is fake news?

400

This Ebook and Audiobook application can link to the public library, such as Blue Ridge Download Consortium, and is accessible in your Google waffle?

What is Sora?

400

This genre will have either ghosts or unexplainable phenomena. Elements create fear for main character and reader; “Wicked” or “evil” characters; Sense of unknown to create build up of shock & spooky setting

What is Horror?

400

This term is a formal way of giving credit to a source

What is a citation?

400

This term is used for nonfiction text (true) that provides facts on a variety of topics such as: places, animals, events, sports, careers, travel, space or things

What is Informational?

400

A website or article that is meant to be funny by making fun of a subject and which often includes statements that are untrue Ex: The Onion; SNL

What is Satire?

600

Dragon Ball Z; Amazing Agent Luna; Yuzu the Pet Vet; My Hero Academia are all example of this type of sub genre?  

What is manga?

600

These types of stories usually tell of an exciting or very unusual experience with life and death situations

What is Action or Adventure?

600

This rule tells you to find the same facts on three different sites, often called "triangulation," to verify credible info

What is the Rule of 3?

600

This genre is a fictional story told in concise text. It has a whole labeled bookshelf with the call number starting with "SC"

What is Short Stories or Short Stories Collection?

600

These are articles or blogs that are meant to persuade the reader of the author's opinion and which may include bias or leave out important facts

What are Editorials?

800

This helps you check to see if a URL is a real news site

What is a web search?

800

A story where the main character or characters fall in love

What is Romance?

800

A Worked Cited page should be included in research. English (subject) uses this format.

MLA

800

This type of literature includes fables, folktales, tall tales, myths, legends and fairy tales

What is traditional literature?

800

An additional source that confirms or supports a news story, article, or piece of information

What is corroboration?

1000

This news organization made a commercial with an apple to stop fake news rumors

Who is CNN?

1000

This sub-genre portrays a setting that may appear utopian (perfect) but has a darker, underlying presence that is problematic, often there is great suffering and injustice. Ex: Hunger Games or Divergent

What is Dystopian?

1000

The most common type of searching techniques is AND, OR, NOT when using this method. A ghost would say the first part to scare you. 

What are Boolean Search Tips of Boolean Operators?

1000

This type of story is passed down for many years with exaggerated characters & obstacles

What is a Folktale?

1000

Scrolling through a news feed often feels like playing what game with fake news using terms that express certainty, social words, positive emotions, future & cognitive processes (ought/know)?

What is Two Truths And A Lie?

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