1.5 USING INFO AND TEXTUAL AIDS

• WAYS OF PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM FAKE INFO

  • Be attentive when identifying and locating reliable information
  • Be critical and do research
  • Acknowledge the source
• Citation - Practice of acknowledging information from the source.
• MLA means?

  Modern Language Association
• Modern Language Association - It is usually formatted for texts and artworks under the studies of humanities and arts
• Modern Language Association - The full name of the author is acknowledged.
• Citations for in-text citations:

  Author's last name + page number
• For citations:

  Author's last mame + first name + title
• Every principal word in the title is capitalized
• A period is always placed at all the cited works
• Textual aids or text features - Are tools or guides that support and allow readers to understand complex concepts.
• Venn Diagram - A visual representation that uses overlapping ovals to show the relationship between topics discussed in a text.
• Similarities - The circles in a venn diagram that overlap.
• The outside circle in the venn diagram gives what?

  Difference
• Flow chart - Organizes the sequence, process, connection, and relationship between people, places, things, or ideas through the use of lines.
• Flow chart - This is used to explain and depict items and concepts that are often difficult to understand.
• Graphic Organizer - A visual representation of concepts that makes them concrete.
• Graphic Organizer - Key contents are structured so that difficult concepts can be simplified and easily understood.
• Concept Map - A form of graphic organizer that illustrates an important idea accompanied by its specific characteristics.
• Concept map - This helps learners learn concepts through a visual mode.
• Bar Graph or Bar Chart - Presents vertical or horizontal images that explain a data set in specific categories.
• Bar graph or Bar chart - Numerical values are presented together with any kinds of variable
• Bar graph or Bar Chart - This helps the reader gauge the relationship between concepts.
• Line graph - A chart that indicates changes or transitions in the course of time.
• x-axis and y-axis - The points that connect and intersect with each other through a line.
• Map - A diagram that shows the physical features, characteristics, and dimensions of a landmass or water features of a specific area.
• Table - An organized image depicting a set of figures or facts that shows a large collection of data that are linked together.
• Pie Chart - A circular image that is divided into particular parts or segments that make up a whole.
• Pie chart - This shows and highlights proportions with number and digits
• What type of textual aid is this?

  Pie Chart

  
• What type of textual aid is this?

  Venn Diagram

  
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  Flow chart

  
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  Map

  
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  Graphic Organizer

  
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  Concept map

  
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  Venn Diagram

  
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  Line chart

  
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  Graphic Organizer

  
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  Flow chart

  
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  Concept map

  
• What textual aid is this?

  Bar graph or Bar chart