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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words Used in Connection with The Media (Questions)

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Try this English quiz on media words to help you understand and spell words which describe media texts such as newspapers, magazines, advertisements, brochures and leaflets.

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Layout

[ ]	How language is used in the text
[ ]	How persuasive words are used in the text
[ ]	How specialist vocabulary is used in the text
[ ]	How the design of the page presents the text

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Viewpoint/bias

[ ]	What the audience believe
[ ]	What the characters believe
[ ]	What the reader believes
[ ]	What the writer believes

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Target audience

[ ]	Intended readership
[ ]	People watching the play
[ ]	People who would not usually read such a text
[ ]	Those who will not read the text

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Emotive language

[ ]	Words which make the reader ask questions
[ ]	Words which make the reader happy
[ ]	Words which persuade the reader to feel pity
[ ]	Words which persuade the reader to laugh

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Sub-headings

[ ]	All go underneath the main heading
[ ]	Follow after useful information
[ ]	Repeat the headline fully
[ ]	Structure the text into sections using key words

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Columns

[ ]	Division of text into one paragraph on a page
[ ]	Division of text into one row across a page
[ ]	Division of text into several paragraphs on a page
[ ]	Division of text into several rows across a page

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Broadsheet

[ ]	A boat's jib
[ ]	A boat's main sail
[ ]	A newspaper which entertains and reports
[ ]	A newspaper which reports and informs

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Tabloid

[ ]	A newspaper which entertains and reports
[ ]	A newspaper which reports and informs
[ ]	A table shape
[ ]	A writing pad

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Logo and slogan

[ ]	A group of words and one word
[ ]	Company symbol and memorable catchwords
[ ]	Memorable catchwords and company symbol
[ ]	One word and a group of words

10.

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A fact and an opinion

[ ]	A belief and a true statement
[ ]	A belief and an untruth
[ ]	A true statement and a belief
[ ]	An untruth and a belief

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Words Used in Connection with The Media (Answers)

Choose the correct definition for the following term.
Layout

[ ]	How language is used in the text
[ ]	How persuasive words are used in the text
[ ]	How specialist vocabulary is used in the text
[x]	How the design of the page presents the text

Layout: headlines, columns, pictures, bullet points etc.

Choose the correct definition for the following term.
Viewpoint/bias

[ ]	What the audience believe
[ ]	What the characters believe
[ ]	What the reader believes
[x]	What the writer believes

Bias: possibly writer/company/editor opinions

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Target audience

[x]	Intended readership
[ ]	People watching the play
[ ]	People who would not usually read such a text
[ ]	Those who will not read the text

e.g. a leaflet on lunch box contents might target parents

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Emotive language

[ ]	Words which make the reader ask questions
[ ]	Words which make the reader happy
[x]	Words which persuade the reader to feel pity
[ ]	Words which persuade the reader to laugh

Emotive pictures: often used persuasively in leaflets too

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Sub-headings

[ ]	All go underneath the main heading
[ ]	Follow after useful information
[ ]	Repeat the headline fully
[x]	Structure the text into sections using key words

Key words showing location of information in text

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Columns

[ ]	Division of text into one paragraph on a page
[ ]	Division of text into one row across a page
[ ]	Division of text into several paragraphs on a page
[x]	Division of text into several rows across a page

Columns break up the text on a page

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Broadsheet

[ ]	A boat's jib
[ ]	A boat's main sail
[ ]	A newspaper which entertains and reports
[x]	A newspaper which reports and informs

Broadsheets originally were large in format

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Tabloid

[x]	A newspaper which entertains and reports
[ ]	A newspaper which reports and informs
[ ]	A table shape
[ ]	A writing pad

Tabloid = condensed: small, concise newspapers

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Logo and slogan

[ ]	A group of words and one word
[x]	Company symbol and memorable catchwords
[ ]	Memorable catchwords and company symbol
[ ]	One word and a group of words

Slogan: an apple a day keeps the doctor away!

10.

Choose the correct definition for the following term.
A fact and an opinion

[ ]	A belief and a true statement
[ ]	A belief and an untruth
[x]	A true statement and a belief
[ ]	An untruth and a belief

Fact: 1066 Hastings. Opinion: ice cream is overrated