Quiz
Identifying bias in Media non-fiction texts
Este quiz tem tipos de pergunta que abrem no player de sempre.
Perguntas do quiz (5)
1The term bias means that an argument is presented in a fair an balanced way, giving equal consideration to all points of view concerned.
- AVerdadeiro
- BFalso
2In the newspaper article Explorers or boys messing about? Either way taxpayer gets rescue bill there is a very strong bias against the two men. Having examined the way this is created in the first part of the article during the video lesson, see if you can find the right quotes to match each explanation of how bias is developed in the latter part of the article in the table below.
- AIt was “nothing short of a miracle”
- Bclaims to have been flying
- Cit is not the first time
- DIronically, one of the aims . . .
- EThe wisdom of the . . . latest adventure
- F“highly unlikely"
- Gprobably "have their bottoms kicked"
3Read the short extract below which comes from an article written in 2009 by Aylet Waldman entitled Why it can be good to be a bad mother in a world where modern parenting has become hideously competitive. Drag and drop the annotations to the highlighted parts of the text to show how bias is being created.
- Anoun phrase makes us feel bad
- Badverbial phrase makes us feel good
- Cphrase emphasises desperation of writer
- Dphrase emphasises excitement of writer
- Ephrase indicates physical drain
- Fphrase indicates physical pain
- Gphrase indicates extreme boredom
- Hphrase indicates extreme joy
- Iverb indicates extent of social faux-pas
- Jnoun indicates extent of social faux-pas
- Krhetorical question makes us think
- Ldirect question makes us switch off
- Mcolloquial phrase reader can relate to
- Ncolloquial phrase distances reader
4Choose from the drop-down menu to complete this sentence which comments on the bias shown in the 'Why it can be good to be a bad mother in a world where modern parenting has become hideously competitive' article you have just annotated.
By using language in this way Aylet Waldman reinforces her opinion that [blank_start]all mothers feel this way[blank_end] but [blank_start]are afraid to say so.[blank_end]
- Aall mothers feel this way
- Bshe is a bad mother
- Cshe has a right to her own opinion
- Dare afraid to say so.
- Epretend to be great
- Ffeel ashamed
5Which of the following language features can be used to create bias? Choose all that apply.
- AEmotive language
- BRhetorical questions
- CFacts and opinions
- DHyperbole
- EAnecdotes
- FPersonification
- GOnomatopoeia
- HAssonance
Informações
- Descrição
- A quiz to help learners develop an understanding of how to identify and comment on bias in media non-fiction texts.
- Autor
- Sarah Holmes
- Idioma
- English
- Visualizações
- 344
- Etiquetas
- Avaliação
- Ainda sem avaliações Avalie este quiz