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1
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What is journalism?

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The gathering and processing of news and information related to an audience

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What are news?

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Information about recent events, specially as reported by media

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What are hard news?

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Fast-paced news that usually appear on the front page of newspapers or any media

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What are soft news?

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Entertaining articles and everyday news

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What is an editorial?

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Written paper or article that communicates the newspaper’s opinion on an issue, meant to influence public opinion

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What is a column?

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Text written in form of article of opinion; its register is “as if you were having a cup of coffee with a friend”

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What is a review?

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An essay or article that gives critical evaluation about another body of text

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What is a feature story?

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The main story of any media

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What are tabloids?

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Media that emphasize on topics about the personal lives of celebrities, sports stars and “junk food news”

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In a tabloid, what are ears?

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Short stories in the upper corners, whose purpose is to make the reader want to open the newspaper

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In a tabloid, what is a copy?

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The main text of an article that consists of only a few short paragraphs written to grab the reader’s attention

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In a tabloid, what is the masthead?

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The title / tabloid’s name

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In a tabloid, what is the image?

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People’s faces or bodies shown in the cover

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14
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In a tabloid, what does the headline do?

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Set the tone of the article

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In a tabloid, what does the subheading do?

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Expands on the info. presented in the headline

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16
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Background

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17
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Balancing elements

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18
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Cropping

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19
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Depth

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20
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Experimentation

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21
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Framing

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22
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Leading lines

23
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Rule of thirds

24
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Symmetry and patterns

25
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What rule of composition is used here?

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Viewpoint

26
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Using logos means using…?

A

Logic

27
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How is logos used as a rhetorical technique?

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It is persuading by the use of reasoning

28
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What can we relate pathos to?

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Emotions

29
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How is pathos used as a rhetorical technique?

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It is persuading by appealing to the reader’s emotions

30
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What can we relate ethos to?

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Ethics / moral

31
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How is ethos used as a rhetorical technique?

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It is used for persuading by the character of the author

32
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What is sensationalism?

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The style of writing that is exaggerated, emotive, or controversial

33
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What is extraordinariness?

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Extremely good, impressive, unusual or different from the ordinary

34
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What is relevance?

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When the news is targeted to a specific audience

35
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What is emotive language?

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Language that reflects the tone of the writer and provokes emotional response from the reader

36
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What is a euphemism?

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To make thinks look easier or less important than what they really are

37
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What is vague language?

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Not using precise language, therefore, not giving a full picture

38
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What is a speech?

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Form of communication in spoken language, made by a speaker before an audience for a given purpose

39
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Which are the four types of speeches?

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-Impromptu-Extemporaneous-Manuscript-Memorized

40
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What is an impromptu speech?

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Speech given without any preparation; improvised speech

41
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What is an extemporaneous speech?

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A limited-preparation speech based on research and original analysis

42
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What is a manuscript?

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Speech in which the speaker reads every word from a pre-written speech

43
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What is a memorized speech?

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A well-planned and previously memorized speech

44
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What is parallelism?

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Writing structures that are grammatically parallel to help the reader/listener understand points because they flow more smoothly

45
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What is an antithesis?

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To tell people what you DON’T believe in, for them to understand what you DO believe in

46
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What is a tricolon?

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A list of three, or a sentence with three clauses, that has an effect on an audience

47
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What is a polysyndeton?

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Rhetorical device used to stress the importance of every item

48
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Which rhetorical device is recommended to strengthen any writing style?

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Varied sentence length

49
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What is a hypophora?

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When the speaker begins with a question and then answers it

50
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What is repetition?

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Repeating a word or a concept to create a sense of structure and power

51
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What is a figurative speech?

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Metaphors set off by concrete images

52
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What is a juxtaposition?

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When two things of the opposite nature are mentioned together

53
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What is an allusion?

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When a speech echoes another

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