Media vocab.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Compare | This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR. |
| Conflict | This is the main problem in a literary work. |
| Contrast | This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT. |
| Diary | This is a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations. |
| Email | This is a message sent via the internet, from one user's account to another's. |
| Evaluate | This is placing a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking. |
| External Conflict | This is when a character has a problem with another character, nature, society, or fate. |
| Film | This form of media projects individual pictures onto a screen to produce the illusion of continuous motion. |
| Font | This is a production element or text feature that is a design for a set of characters. This term includes a typeface,such as Times New Roman, and different sizes and styles. |
| Genre | This is the category or type of literature. |
| Graphic Adj. | -Depicted or represented with pictures or images. Noun- A picture, image or visual representation of information or an idea. |
| Graphic Source | This is a visual piece of information. |
| Infer | This is to get a conclusion from the facts or context; to figure out what is being implied by reading between the lines. |
| Inference | This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read. |
| Inform | This is to give information. |
| Internet | This is the global system of interconnected computers and networks used to find the most recent information. |
| Layout | This is the physical arrangement of a text and graphics on a page; and includes such elements as the ratio between graphics and text, the fonts and font sizes used, and the placement of text and graphics in relation to white spaces. |
| Main Idea | This is the central and most important idea of a reading passage. |
| Media | This is the main means of mass communication. |
| Medium | A way of communicating information |
| Mood | This is the feeling that an author wants readers to have while reading. |
| Narrative Text | This tells the events and actions of a story. |
| Periodical | This is a publication issued at regular intervals of more than one day. |
| Person Vs. Environment | This describes the type of conflict that places a character against forces of nature. |
| Person Vs. Person | This describes the type of conflict when the leading character struggles with his/her physical strength against other characters, animals, or forces of nature. |
| Person Vs. Self | This describes the type of conflict when the leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his conscience, feelings, or ideas. |
| Person Vs. Technology | This describes the type of conflict that places a character against scientific advances, machines, robots,etc. |
| Persuade | This is to convince. |
| Poetry | This is the third major type of literature in addition to drama and prose. |
| Production Elements | These include font, color, light, audio clips, and camera angles. They enhance media messages. |
| Synthesize | This is to collect information on a topic and summarize, analyze or interpret it. |
| Television | This is a telecommunications medium which sends audio and video, usually into individual homes. |
| Title | This is a group of words which give the reader's first impression and set the tone for the writing. |
| Tone | This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character. |
| Viewpoint | This is an expression of an opinion or standpoint. |
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