Fake News

Which of the following best states the main idea of the article?

• Digit technology has made it easier to create and spread fake news.

• Younger generations cannot detect fake news so they should learn ways to spot it.

• Fake news is only found in political media and impacts everyone.

• There are no more reputable news sources so everything is fake news.

Which of the following best states the central idea of the section "Getting Rich"?

• “But his fake stories affected what Americans thought about the election and mayhave even influenced their votes.”

  (p. 11)

• “The more traffic to your site, the more money you can get.” (p. 11)

• “Fake-news sites get rich by telling you lies.”

  (p. 11)

• “What we read shapes our view of the world.” (p. 11)

Select THREE of the following statements that supports the central idea of the section “Duped” to be that “online fake news can be hard to identify”.

• “Fake stories may even come with photos and believable quotes.” (p. 11)

• “The stories get shared hundreds of thousands of times.” (p. 11)

• “Fake news stories may appear on sites with serious-sounding names like Empire News or Political Insider.” (p. 11)

• “But many fake-news articles don’t seem far-fetched —such as the one that said the Pope supported then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.” (p. 10)

• “That means big money for fake-news sites” (p. 10)

All of the following support the claim that “fake news is not a new problem” is the central idea of the

section “History of Lies” but which?

• “[Fake news] has been a problem since the introduction of the printing press in Europe in 1439.” (p. 11)

• “During the Revolutionary War, founding father Benjamin Franklin himself was guilty of peddling lies.” (p. 11)

• “Less-honest newspapers competed with each other by overdramatizing stories or flat-out making them up.” (p. 12)

• “At the same time, technologies like the telegraph and high-speed electric printing presses were making it possible to churn out stories faster than ever.” (p. 11)

The timeline “True or False?” at the bottom of pages 10-12 is a feature that proves this is text is which of the following?

• nonfiction

• narrative

• poetry

• drama

The information in the timeline at the bottom of pages 10-12 would best fit into which sections?

• "Duped" and "Getting Rich"

• “History of Lies” and “The Trusted Journalist”

• “The Trusted Journalist” and “Up to Us”

• “Up to Us” and “The Truth”

The information in the side bar “How to Spot Fake News” on page 13 would best fit in whichsection?

• “The Trusted Journalist”

• “Up to Us”

• “Be a Detective”

• “The Truth”

What is the text structure of the sections “Up to Us” and “Be a Detective”?

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• sequence of events

On page 11, Kristin Lewis explains that a Macedonian teen wrote fake news stories about the 2016 U.S. presidential election. According to Lewis, why did the teen write the stories?

• to make money

• to entertain Americans

• to influence the U.S. election

• to become famous

On page 11, Lewis writes that “ ...Benjamin Franklin himself was guilty of peddling lies.” The phrase peddling lies means which of the following?

• believing rumors

• spreading false information on purpose

• feeling confused

• accidentally repeating untrue stories