Trivia!
This singer's stage name may be baby talk, but her given name is more complicated: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
Lady Gaga
While "mediums" is an acceptable plural of medium, the more commonly accepted spelling is -
Media
Label each conjunction in the FANBOYS mnemonic.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Define: Finsta (slang!)
A fake instagram account
When one assumes their position is correct and only cites sources that agree with them, they are exhibiting this cognitive bias.
Confirmation bias
Roland Emmerich alien invasion film Independence Day stars Bill Pullman as the President and this 90s rapper as a heroic fighter pilot.
Will Smith
Which logical Star Trek character says "Live long and prosper"?
Spock
This kind of media, usually of a biased nature, is used to push a particular sociopolitical agenda.
Propaganda
A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate; a phrase such as "Which leads to anger," lacking a clear subject, is an example of what sentence error.
Define: acumen
Sharp judgment and quick decision making skills
One of the ways to categorize fallacies is into these two groups; one demonstrates a fallacious form to your logic, while the other is fallacious in content.
This fictional pop culture figure's tombstone read, "She Saved the World. A Lot." (Like her sworn foes, a little dying couldn't keep her down.)
Buffy Summers
How many players are there on a baseball team?
Nine
This type of media convergence enables people to influence each other across great geographical distance.
Global convergence
Correct the following sentence:
I love hummus it is garlicky and delicious.
This is a run-on; divide the two independent clauses with a period, a comma + conjunction like "and," a subordinating conjunction like "because," or a semi-colon.
Define: stan (slang!)
An obsessive fan
To say that women are inherently weaker than man and therefore shouldn't play full-contact sports presents this kind of logical fallacy, sometimes known is dicto simpliciter.
Sweeping generalization.
The average human body contains this many pints of blood.
Nine
Which US state is closest to Russia?
Alaska
Marshall McLuhan noted that this particular art movement, most popularized by Picasso, effectively captured the idea that the medium is the message.
Name four of the eight parts of speech.
Nouns; verbs; pronouns; adjectives; adverbs; prepositions; conjunctions; and interjections
Define: pejorative
Negative, insulting terms or language
Arguing "if we allow non-heterosexuals the opportunity to get married, eventually people will want to marry their dogs!" is known as this hilly logical fallacy.
Slippery slope
What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
K
Shakespeare's wife shares her name with a famous brunette actor who has starred in films like The Princess Diaries and Ocean's 8.
Anne Hathaway
The textbook defines two groups of people that hold sway over media; one group decides what information is worthy, choosing which people and what material to share and celebrate, like record executive Quincy Jones, while the other group shapes culture by trendsetting, like an Instagram influencer.
Gatekeepers and tastemakers, respectively.
The teacher collected the students notebooks at the end of the year.
Students'
Define: mood (slang!)
Empathy with a particular image, feeling, etc.
This particular argument flaw is recognized as both a cognitive bias and a logical fallacy; it is the belief that one's personal experience is sufficient evidence to support a claim.
Anecdotal fallacy
This fictional archaeologist hates snakes and being called Henry Jr.
Indiana Jones
In the Star Wars universe, the ferocious furballs known as Ewoks are from the moon of what planet?
Endor
The textbook suggests there are four main roles of media in our lives; name two of the four.
Entertaining and providing an outlet for the imagination
Educating and informing
Serving as a public forum for the discussion of important issues
Acting as a watchdog for government, business, and other institutions
Correct the following sentence:
Each of the political candidates have two minutes to respond, but neither want to.
Define: bifurcate
To split in two
This is another bias-fallacy two-for-one: in this case, someone may appear to be so charming, attractive, or otherwise appealing that our brains simply can't accept they've done something wrong.
Halo effect
In The Little Mermaid, Ursula's sidekick eels are named -
Flotsam and Jetsam