Media Research Vocab

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Components of a story or article that are not the main text.

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text features

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Quality of being believable or trustworthy

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credibility

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Info created later by someone without experience.

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secondary source

Front

Immediate, first-hand accounts from those directly connected to a topic.

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primary source

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To assert something without proof

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claim

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Sound basis in logic or fact

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valid

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Factual writing that explains something to the reader

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informational writing

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Summarizes the main point of an essay

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thesis statement

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Persuasive info using figures of speech

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rhetoric

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Technique that suggests if many do it, you should too.

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bandwagon