Literacy+&+Writing+Terms


 * //MAPS-//** Mode, audience, purpose, and situation.


 * //Critical Literacy-//** Reading the word and the world.


 * //Polemic//**-(usually plural) A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine. A polemicist is someone who is known for deliberately stirring controversy.


 * //Editorial//**--Opinion column that represents the opinion of the publication.


 * //Concession//**-- Yielding to a point or a fact in an argument.


 * //Media//** refers to all electronic or digital means and print or artistic visuals used to transmit messages.


 * //Literacy//** is the ability to encode and decode symbols and to synthesize and analyze messages.


 * //Media literacy//** is the ability to encode and decode the symbols transmitted via media and the ability to synthesize, analyze and produce mediated messages.


 * //Media education//** is the study of media, including ‘hands on' experiences and media production.