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What you will learn
By the end, you can spot clickbait and emotion words in a headline and check what the story really says.
Dev's group chat explodes: "SCHOOLS TO BAN HOMEWORK FOREVER!" Everyone is cheering. Dev opens the article. One school, in one town, is trying a no-homework Friday for one month. The headline and the story are not the same thing.
Read the explanation
A headline's job is to make you click. Some do it honestly. Others exaggerate: one becomes all, and maybe becomes forever. Emotion words like shocking, unbelievable, secret and you won't believe grab feelings, not facts. The facts live inside the story: who, what, where and how many.
- Clickbait words: shocking, secret, you won't believe, this one trick.
- Exaggeration: all, everyone, never, forever, the worst ever.
- Read the whole story and look for the names and the numbers.