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Vocabulary
Fake News
Urban Legends
Mandela Effect
100
When we read it means we "see" a picture in our heads.
Visualization
100
A prefix for "before"
"pre" or "fore"
100
Media that is used freely by people, can be used to spread news through pictures or statements
Social Media
100
According to the article, urban legends are a __________of society.
Reflection of the fears of society
100
Does Curious George have a tail?
No
200
What is a reading comprehension strategy where a reader links the text to their existing knowledge, experiences, other texts, or world events to deepen their understanding and make the material more relevant and memorable?
Making Connections
200
Prefix for "two"
bi
200
According to the article, what was an urban legend that was repeatedly spread back to the regular media even though it was repeatedly disproven?
There are alligators in the sewers of New York.
200
What urban legend started because of a Photoshop Challenge?
Slender Man
200
What does Darth Vader say to Luke?
"No, I am your father."
300
What is a technique you can use to find a word's meaning if you do not know it when you are reading?
Use Vocabulary in Context Clues: definition, description, or example
300
Postdate means...
assign a date later than the actual one to (a check or other document) OR to occur or come at a later date than.
300
According to the article, people are inclined to the believe 'fake news' because it reaffirms what they already believe. This is called...
Confirmation Bias
300
This legend involves picking up a hitchhiker along a deserted road. When the traveler arrives at the location, he turns to find the hitchhiker has disappeared.
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
300
When did Nelson Mandela die?
2013, most people think it was in the 1980s.
400
What is the thing that is posted above the board that you should be following when we are in class?
The Social Contract
400
A multinational corporation means...
A business that is in "many" nations.
400
What was the newspaper called in Spongebob?
Krabby Kronicle
400
This is a popular air force base that has said be hiding extraterrestrial life.
Area 51
400
Oscar Mayer or Oscar Meyer?
Oscar Mayer.
500
Tell me what is this vocabulary in context trick?
Is it: definition, description, or example?
The children could tell, from Phil’s statement about everything and everybody having a good side, that he was an optimist.
Vocabulary in Context: Example
500
quadrilateral means...
4 sides
500
To perk or intrigue someone’s interest through false or misleading advertisement online is known as?
Clickbait
500
What cryptid/urban legend supposedly lives in the mountains of Colorado.
Bigfoot/Sasquatch
500
Does Pikachu have black on his tail?
No