Media Literacy Vocabulary

Words or phrases that refer to qualities or ideas. We cannot perceive them with our five senses.

• abstract details

• concrete details

• context

• intentional

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Words or phrases that refer to objects that can be perceived with our five senses

• subconscious decisions

• concrete details

• abstract details

• ethics

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

• contradiction

• morality

• discrepancy

• ethics

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A significant change in setting, characters, style, or emotions

• subconscious

• intentional

• discrepancy

• shift

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A unifying a universal idea that an author intentionally communicates to the audience

• tone

• mood

• purpose

• message

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists

• Mood

• Tone

• Purpose

• Message

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning

• Context

• Concrete details

• Abstract details

• Morality

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

• Morality

• Ethics

• Message

• Purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong

• Morality

• Ethics

• Subconscious

• Intentional

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

done on purpose; deliberate

• subconscious

• intentional

• message

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C