Bias in Media Quiz

Bias means _____________ one view over another view.

• supplementing
• favoring
• opinioning
• hosting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

A form of communication that reaches many people at once is called

• mega
• medium
• media
• maximum

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

When the media only shows/publishes one side of an issue, the media is

• displaying bias

• offering a forum

• evaluating sources

• holding government officials accountable

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Media Bias

• Media Criticism

• Bias

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The teacher was mildly intimated by Seth's bossy behavior. If you change the word bossy to assertive, the word now has a ____ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word with the positive connotation.
inquiring--prying

• inquiring
• prying

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• synonym

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• context clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4