ENF Key Terms (VABCAs, LF and TS)

A Value is...

• a positive or negative thought

• a delicious McDonald's meal

• something that is important to someone

• a person's perspective

An Attitude is...

• what I have every morning

• a positive or negative thought or opinion

• an idea that is accepted as true without need for facts

• my greatest asset

A Belief is...

• something only old people have

• what is right or wrong

• a view religious people hold

• an idea that is accepted as true without need for facts

Cultural Assumptions are...

• ideas that are common throughout a culture

• stereotypes

• attitudes held by others

• racist

Representations are...

• A house in US Congress

• unfair and need to be abolished

• stereotypical

• the way characters/people/ideas are portrayed to others

Point of View is...

• dangerous, as it could take your eye out

• offensive, unless it's the same as yours

• a perspective (ideas or views)

• another term I'll likely forget

Language Features refer to the individual components that make up a text and contribute to...

• divorce

• meaning

• the way information is organised

• global warming

Text Structures refer to the way...

• you can build a house out of books

• anything you can see or hear in a text is used to create meaning

• nerds use fancy words to make themselves sound intelligent

• information is organised to construct meaning