Research Vocabulary 1-10

If a website's information is accurate, it is:

• correct, true, and free of errors

• exaggerated or misleading

• copied in exact words

• entirely fabricated information

Fake news is created to:

• gain followers

• influence public opinion

• make money

• all of the above

Advertisements sometimes show up on websites or in news feeds. A main goal of an advertisement is to ______ a product.

• explain

• sell

• purchase

• define

Real new organizations may make mistakes, but, unlike creators of fake news, real news organizations will not:

• use advertisements

• answer questions from their readers

• publish false information on purpose

• be accurate

Another word for bias is:

• evaluate

• opinion

• credible

• quote

Fake news is mostly found:

• in Alaska

• in newspapers

• online

• on the radio

If you are citing your sources, you are giving an author:

• money

• a stomach ache

• clickbait

• credit

When you evaluate a website, you are checking to see if it is trustworthy, good or bad, weak or strong. In other words, you are:

• judging the website.

• clicking on the website.

• sharing the website with your friends.

• citing the website.

Taking exact words from an article, using quotation marks and a citation is called:

• plagiarism

• paraphrasing

• a direct quote

• an advertisement

Clickbait uses ______ to get you to click.

• credible sources

• exaggerated, misleading, or questionable headlines

• direct quotes

• glitches