Figurative Language
Debate Terms
Vocabulary
Media Terms
Communication Skills
100

Comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using "like" or "as".

What is a simile?

100

A belief or view about something.

What is an opinion?

100

to remember something

What is to recall?

100

Main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet). 

What is media?

100

A person who not only hears the words being said, but also pay attention to the speaker's body language and tone of voice.  

What is a good listener?

200

 The use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words?

alliteration

200

 a series of statements designed to convince us of something.

What is an argument?

200

To cause something to take place at a time later than than first scheduled.

What is to postpone?

200

A regularly updated website or web page, typically run by an individual or small group, that is written in a conversational style. 

What is a blog?

200

The process of communicating nonverbally through gestures and movements.

What is body language?

300

 A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated

What is a metaphor?

300

Available facts or information indicating whether a belief is valid.

What is evidence?

300

an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

What is pretense?

300

Digital audio content distributed over the internet

What is a podcast?

300

A feeling of self-assurance coming from an appreciation of one's own abilities

What is confidence?

400

language in which non-human things are given human qualities


What is personification?

400

A disagreement

What is opposition?

400

Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.

What is resigned?

400

Transmit a program or information by radio or television.

What is to broadcast?

400

The exchange of information, ideas, or messages through written language in the form of letters, emails, reports, and more. 

What is written communication?

500

The naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds.  A word that suggests a sound.

What is onomatopoeia?

500

The advantages and disadvantages of something

What are the pros and cons?

500

A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. 

What is prejudice?

500

A broadcaster who introduces reports by other broadcasters and usually reads the news.

What is an anchorperson?

500

Skills that enable you to express yourself in a positive and clear way, both orally and in written form.

What are communication skills?