definition

• BIAS - undue favor
• bias means angle or slant
• bias author may not pay attention
• emotional or loaded words emotive language
• overstaments or exaggerations lay emphasis and stress
• opinion rather than facts writer's or author's personal point of view
• broad, sweeping statements, generalizations applied to a group of a people or things.
• statistics manipulated by the writer
• issue important problem
• social issue prevent society from functioning at the most desireable level
• moral issue situations or actions that do not shared norms and values, culture, and beliefs distinguished
• economic issues reflects the scarcity of resources
• propaganda a form of communication
• card stacking only presenting information that is positive
• name calling evoked fear or hatred
• plain folks famous people
• testimonials well known respected people
• transfer something you like or respect
• bandawagon persuade the target audience
• soft soap flattery or insincere compliments
• simplification usually targets uninformed readers or customers
• glittering generalities emotionally appealing words
• loaded words emotional appeal or stereotypings
• litreature refers to a body of written works
• litaritura/litteratura means writing formed with letters
• fiction a product of writer's imagination. Can be inspired by actual or completely made up events
• non fiction based on facts. Writing about real people, place, and events which include biography, auto biographies, and interviews
• setting refers to the time and place
• plot defined as an interrelated sequence of events in a story
• exposition or initial action very beginning of the story
• rising action parts tension starts to builp up
• climax characters finally have to face and solve the major conflicts
• falling action everything that happens after climax
• resolution/ denouement conclusion or ending of the story
• character a people, a object, an animal, and a imaginary creature
• protagonist main character
• antagonist main character but opposes the protagonist in some way
• conflict refers to the problem of the characters have to face
• man vs man struggle between protagonist and antagonist
• man vs himself takes place within character himself