English for Media literacy Quizzes

 

Module one

Lesson one quiz

Ø  Media refers to the different ways of spreading information. For example, newspapers, television shows, and YouTube videos are all types of media

True

·         Newspapers are an example of;

  

Traditional Media

 

·         Twitter is an example of :

  

Social media

 

·         Yuri has been studying English for three years. He can read, understand, analyze, and write in English. Yuri is _______________ in English.

  

Literate

·         Every day, Miranda reads the news, listens to the radio, watches television, and looks at photos and videos on Instagram. Miranda __________________ a lot of media in her day!

  

Consumes

Lesson two quiz

·         Organize the correct sequence for previewing

1.

 

              Read the title and ask "What do I already know about this?"

2

 

              Read the subheadings

3

 

              Look at the pictures and captions.

4

 

              Read the first paragraph (or two)

 

·         A _________________ is the words or sentences right below a picture that give more information about the picture.

 

·         Together with a title,  pictures and their captions can help us ____________________ or make a guess about the overall idea of the text.

·         Previewing can help us get the ____________ idea or the overall, general message of the text.

 

·         Scanning is reading quickly to find specific information such as names or dates.

  

True

Lesson three quiz

 

·         Match the word on the left with the definition on the right.

Create

 

              to make or build

Technique

 

              the manner or method in which something is done

Interpret

 

              understand

Point of view

 

              a peson's judgement of what is important in life

Value

 

              the way in which a person sees the world base on their beliefs and life experiences

Omit

 

              to leave out or not include

 

 

·         When the media creates a message, they use certain _______________ to capture the attention of their audience.

 

·         All media messages are  made or ________________by people. Those people make choices about what to include in the message and what not to include.

 

 

·         Even if two people see exactly the same message, they may understand or ________________ the message differently

 

·         People who create media messages decide which information they will include or not include in their message. Another way to say "not include" is ______________.

 

 

Module two

Lesson four quiz

·         Radio

 

 

  

Traditional Media

 Al Jazeera TV News Studio

 

  

Traditional Media

 

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Social Media

·         . Billboards and outdoor advertising in Times Square, New York City

 

  

Traditional Media

 

 

·         Website and application (app) icons

·         Social Media

·         Norwegian magazine BUNAD

·         Traditional Media

Ø  International newspaper stand

 

  

Traditional Media

Ø  Instagram app on smartphone

 

  

Social Media

Ø  Match the vocabulary word on the left to its definition on the right.

audience

 

              people who consume different types of media

advertising

 

              messages that are created about products for sale

content

 

              text, pictures, and video messages on social media that are created by individuals rather than traditional media companies and governments

user-created content 

              a characteristic of social media that allows users to  send messages directly to each other to have conversations about issues

two-way communication

 

              the pictures,  text or video that make up a media message

online social network

 

              all of the people you interact with through social media

Ø  Identify three characteristics that are unique to social media. 

·         online social networks

·         user-created content

·          two-way communication

 

Lesson five quiz

Ø  China is a ____________ [big] country than Mexico.

Ø  Jamaica has a ____________ [good] climate for growing coffee than the United Kingdom.

 

  

Better

Ø  Why is this new tablet _____ than a used one?

  

less expensive

Ø  Sarah believes that sunrises are _________ than sunsets.

  

more beautiful

Ø  Mount Waialeale, Hawaii gets an average of 460 inches of rain per year.

 

Calexico, California gets an average of 1.7 inches per year.

 

Mount Waialeale is _________________ [rainy] than Calexico.

When an adjective ends in -Y,  change the Y to an I to make a comparative adjective

 

Lesson six quiz

Ø  Match the word on the left to its definition on the right

bias

 

              showing an opinion about something that is not based on all of the facts

a cause

 

              an idea or belief that people work to support

to raise awareness

 

              to show your support in public so that other people will learn about the cause and decide to help

donation

 

              money that is  given to support a cause

convenient

 

              easy

reliable

 

              trustworthy

credibility

 

              the ability to trust that something is true

Ø  Powerful companies and governments have a strong motivation to support certain points of view. There is likely to be biased in the news they publish.

  

True

Ø  Through social media, it's possible for the public to learn about events from a point of view that's different from traditional media.

  

True

Ø  Public discussion about issues can help you discover bias and find your own point of view.

  

True

Ø  Identify ways that social media can be used to support causes.

  

raising awareness

 

  

collecting donations

 

  

organizing groups

 

Ø  What are three ways that you can use media literacy to analyze the reliability of information?

  

Ask yourself where the information is coming from.

 

  

 

Try to find evidence from credible sources.

 

  

Look at a variety of sources to see what they say about a certain topic.

 

 

Ø  Which of the following is a positive aspect of social media?

 

·         Information can be posted instantly

 

Ø  Which of the following is NOT a positive aspect of social media?

·         Some sources of information might not be credible

 

. Module three

Lesson seven quiz

Ø  An ________________________ is a message that is created to convince people to buy a product or service.

Ø  Match the word on the left to the correct definition on the right.

advertisers

 

              people who create advertisements

consumers

 

              people who buy products or services

Ø  When you provide information that is truthful, accurate, and based only on facts, you are making an exaggeration.

·         False

 

Ø  In advertising, to _____________ means to aim or direct something towards a certain group of people.

Ø  An _________________ is the group of people that are going to buy the product or service being sold. 

  

audience

Ø  The word culture means the beliefs and customs of a specific group of people, often from the same country.

  

True

Ø  To appeal means to be very attractive and interesting. 

  

True

Ø  Identifying the target audience of an advertisement will help you understand the choices that the advertisers made. 

  

True

Ø  Which product might be targeted at older people who have health problems?

·         Medicine that can help with pain in the bones

Ø  Which of the following might be the target the audience for breakfast food that is brightly coloured and very sweet

·         Children between the ages of 6 and 12

 

Lesson nine quiz

Ø  When we talk about the features of advertisements, we are talking about the different _______ of the ad

Ø  The features of print advertisements that we see most often are:

  

colours

 

  

images

 

  

logos

 

  

slogans

 

Ø  A ____________________ is a symbol that a company uses to show that a product was created by them.

Ø  A __________________ is a phrase that companies use to help people remember their product. For example, Nike uses the phrase "Just do it"

Ø  Advertisements played on the radio or television are called ____________________.

 

Ø  A __________________ is a short song used in advertising to discuss a product or company.

Ø  When advertisers create online ads they can use people's online search histories and customer feedback.

  

True

 

Lesson ten quiz

Ø  I cannot wear my favourite shoes anymore. My feet have grown and the shoes are not big ______________.

·         Enough

 

Ø  My uncle is ________________ funny. When my sister and I visit him, we don’t stop laughing.

·         both answers are correct

 

Ø  After traveling for a year, I was ________________ excited to see my family.

·         both answers are correct

 

Ø  The movie we watched last night was ________________ fantastic

·         absolutely

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Module four

Lesson twelve quiz

Ø  Match the words on the left with their definition on the right. 

reporters

 

              writers working for a media company

target audience

 

              the specific group of people for whom a media message is made

editor

 

              a person who makes changes to a media message so that it's appropriate for the audience.

 

Ø  Social media sites may tell you that a story is _____________ which means that it's becoming popular very quickly.

 

Ø  If a media message leaves out important information, this is an example of :

·         bias by omission

 

Ø  When an important new story is not placed in an important location on a news site or newspaper, this is an example of:

·         bias by placement

Ø  When the words used in a news story try to make the audience feels good or bad about, this is an example of :

·         bias by spin

 

Lesson thirteen quiz

Ø  Valeria said I ______ look out my window because something special was happening in the street.

·         Should

 

Ø  Omar thinks that if elephants are too heavy, they ________ eat less junk food.

·         ought to

 

Ø  Perawit is certain that he ______ win the basketball game.

·         Will

 

Ø  Before Angela left home this morning, her mother said that she ______ bring an umbrella because it ______ rain.

·         may....will

 

Ø  Angela agreed that it ______ rain. But she didn’t want to carry an umbrella because there was just a 50% chance of rain.

·         Might

 

Lesson fourteen quiz

Ø  __________________ means the basic definition of a word you'd find in a dictionary.

Ø  _________________________ means the feelings that we have about a word. These feelings are usually positive or negative.

Ø  When something is neither positive nor negative, we can say that it is ___________________.

Ø  Paying attention to denotation and connotation helps us recognize when someone is trying to control the feelings we have about a situation.

  

True

 

Ø  A ________________ is a person who has a lot of knowledge and experience about a subject and gives opinions about these subjects in public.

Ø  Which question has the more negative spin?

  

This new plan will have a significant impact on families.

 

Ø  Which sentence has the more negative spin?

  

We noticed an excessive hike in the price of smartphone plans

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Ø  Which sentence has the more negative spin?

  

Nawal’s boss is demanding a complete report by this afternoon

 

Ø  Which sentence has the more negative spin? 

  

Zeinab wants to force her neighbours to paint their house a new colour.

 

Ø  Which sentence has the more negative spin?

  

The high cost of healthcare burdens poor people the most.

 

  Lesson fifteen quiz

Ø  If a media company isn't publishing any stories about a situation, they're avoiding _____________ of it.

 

Ø  When only one point of view is presented in a story, we can say that it is ________________.

  

one-sided

 

Ø  If a news story is based on facts rather than opinions and shares more than one point of view, we can probably say that it is objective.

  

True

 

Ø  A media company chooses not to publish a story because they are worried the story will hurt their business. This is an example of a _____________ of interest.

 

Ø  The choices that editors make about where to place a story will not influence people's opinions about the news.

·         False

 

Ø  ______________________ means using news media messages to entertain people instead of informing them about event that are important to their daily lives.

 

Module five

Lesson sixteen and seventeen quiz

Ø  A ___________________ media means representing different people in media messages and having different people create and deliver the media messages. These people could be of different ages, genders, religions, political beliefs, cultures,  sexual orientations, and more.

 

Ø  The group of people that has the power and status in a society is referred to as the _____________________ group.

 

Ø  The groups or people in society that have less power and opportunity are also called the ________________ group.

 

Ø  When the people who write create and deliver media messages come from all different backgrounds, we can hear and see information from different points of view. 

  

True

 

Ø  To be media literate, we must know if certain views are being left out of a story.

  

True

 

Ø  If the media does not include different ideas or points of view, they are sending the message that those ideas or views are not important

  

True

 

Ø  The media should not ______________________ people or unfairly group all people with a particular characteristic together.

 

Ø  Diversity in the media is important because including all points of view in media messages allow us to get the full story.

  

True

 

Ø  Portraying diverse people in media accurately and fairly does not help prevent stereotypes from developing

   

False

 

Ø  Being able to identify stereotypes is an important media literacy skill because it helps us tell when we are hearing only part of the story or an inaccurate story.

  

True

 

 

Lesson eighteen and nineteen

Ø True or False: Having diversity in the media only means telling the stories of different groups of people.

False

 

Ø  True or False: To say that all men are strong is a stereotype.

  

True

 

Ø  True or False: If the media does not include different points of view, they are sending the message that those views are not important.

  

True

 

Ø  True or False: If people constantly see stereotypes in the media, they may start to believe them.

  

True

 

Ø  True or False: Minority groups have more opportunities than dominant groups in society.

False

 

Ø  True or False: To be media literate, you must know when you are only hearing part of a story.

True

 

Ø  True or False: People are often stereotyped because of their race or ethnicity, but not because of their culture.

False

 

Ø  True or False: To always show women as nurses and not the doctor is a stereotype.

True

 

Ø  True or False: Stereotypes lead to false stories or messages in the media.

  

True

 

Ø  True or False: To be diverse means to have or include people from the same background

·         False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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