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Prose writing
About real people, places, & events
Written to convey factual information
Information may be shaped by authorspurpose and attitude (Bias)
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Autobiography JournalBiography Instruction Manual
Memoir EditorialEssay CookbookNewspaper Documentaries
Textbooks News Broadcast
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A proposition stated or put forward forconsideration, especially one to bediscussed and proved.
An unproved statement, especially one putforward as a premise in an argument .
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A process of reasoning; seriesof reasons
A statement, reason, or factfor or against a point: This is
a strong argument in favor of
her theory.
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A particular tendency or inclination,especially one that prevents considerationof a question; prejudice
Media bias is the bias of journalists andnews producers within the mass media, inthe selection of which events and storiesare reported and how they are covered.
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A way of regarding situations, facts, etc,and judging their relative importance
Do you see a youngwoman with afeather on her hat?
Or and old womanwith a big nose?
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Information, ideas, or rumors deliberatelyspread widely and aimed at influencing theattitude of a community toward some
cause or position.Often used to manipulate human emotions
by displaying facts selectively
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A set of inaccurate, simplisticgeneralizations about a group that allowsothers to categorize them and treat themaccordingly
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An unfavorable opinion or feeling formedbeforehand or without knowledge, thought,or reason.
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FACT: something that actually exists;reality; truth.
OPINION: a belief or judgment that restson grounds insufficient to producecomplete certainty; a personal view,
attitude.
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The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or thelike, in exposing, or denouncing vice, folly,etc.
A literary composition in which human follyand vice are held up to scorn, derision, orridicule.
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Making fun of the fact that somany consumer items are sold inpink during Breast Cancer
Awareness month, in order tosupport Susan G. Koman.
You can buy pink-packaged friedchicken, alcohol, chips, andhandguns! But not cigarettes.
Whats wrong with this?
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Parts of your textbook that have been createdto help you locate and learn information.
Used in designing and organizing the pages
of your textbook. Title page & table of contents found at the beginning ofbooks
Headings, graphics, main idea boxes, and boldedwords found in the middle of book
Reference pages like glossaries, indexes, and atlasesfound at the end of your book
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Supplementary material at the end of abook, article, document, or other text,usually of an explanatory, statistical, orbibliographic nature.
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A list of terms in a special subject, field, orarea of usage, with accompanyingdefinitions.
At the back of a book, explaining ordefining difficult or unusual words andexpressions used in the text.
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A detailed alphabeticallisting of names, places,and topics along with the
numbers of the pages onwhich they are mentionedor discussed, usuallyincluded in the back of the
text.
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A title or caption of a page, chapter, etc.A section of the subject of a discourse; a
main division of a topic or theme.
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A title or heading of a subdivision, as in achapter, essay, or newspaper article.
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A title or explanation for a picture orillustration, especially in a magazine.
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In non-fiction texts, a fact box is a text boxpulled out from the main part of the text toemphasize important information or offer
new information that is supplemental.
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FACTBOX
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A word or phrase heading a piece of text toindicate or summarize its contents