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Analyzing Media
Understanding Graphics
Text Features
Research
Purpose and Audience
100
a way to communicate with many people
What is media
100
to illustrate points and present information
Why do nonfiction sources use charts?
100
Writers use these to organize their works so readers can comprehend and find the information they are looking for.
What are text features?
100
An article, book, or other source of information that an author uses to write about a topic
What are reference sources?
100
The _______________ is the reason for writing.
What is author's purpose?
200
the creator seeks to inform, persuade, entertain, or describe
What is purpose
200
This type of chart uses shaded bars on a horizontal and vertical axis to show how pieces of information relate.
What is a bar graph?
200
Boldface type or italics are used to make you pay attention to these types of words.
What are key words?
200
____________ = topic + focus + ways and/or order discussed
What is a thesis statement?
200
To amuse
What is to entertain?
300
Knowledge of the topic and the advertiser's motivation
What two things must you use to judge media?
300
This type of chart is used to show how information is broken down by percentages of a whole.
What is pie chart?
300
An additional piece of information at the bottom of the page.
What is a footnote?
300
Lists all the sources used in a report
What is a work's cited page?
300
To convince the reader to act or think in a certain way.
What is to persuade?
400
Film, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the internet, billboards, and flyers
What are types of media?
400
This type of chart lists information in rows and columns.
What is a table?
400
These pictures are used to show instead of tell information.
What are graphics?
400
You must place all information taken directly from a source inside ________________.
What are quotes?
400
The group of people meant to read a piece of writing.
What is the audience.
500
Does this source want to inform people or sell them something?
What is an important question to ask to judge media?
500
Graphic organizer
What is another name for charts, graphs, and maps?
500
By examining text features you can __________ what the text will be about.
What is predict?
500
When quoting a source, make sure you include the ________________ of the reference source in parentheses in your paper.
What is the page number?
500
To give facts
What is to inform?