Media literacy

What you’ll learn

1. Identify how a headline shapes expectations before you read the text.
2. Distinguish a position, a judgement and a fact in an argued journalistic text.
3. Name linguistic techniques without replacing analysis with a personal attack.
4. Recognise the target of satire and distinguish literal from ironic meaning.
5. Trace a claim to its original source and explain what remains unknown.
6. Write a reasoned letter requesting a correction while keeping a courteous tone.