Persuasive Techniques. WHAT IS PROPAGANDA? Information (often biased) used to promote an idea...
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- Persuasive Techniques
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- WHAT IS PROPAGANDA? Information (often biased) used to promote
an idea Propaganda clouds reality and gets in the way of clear and
honest thinking
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- WAR PROPAGANDA
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- BANDWAGON The audience is encouraged to think or act a certain
way because so many other people are already doing it. People might
be persuaded because so many others are.
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- BANDWAGON
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- PEER PRESSURE The reader is pressured to think or act a
particular way so as to be accepted by ones peers.
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- PEER PRESSURE Dont be the only one of your friends without a
Lisa Frank binder! Shop with us an be the best dressed at your
school.
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- Faulty Argument Uses illogical (faulty) reasoning to convince
the reader to think a certain way
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- Faulty Argument In other words, the reasoning behind something
does NOT make sense! Example: John Smith is a wonderful writer
because he writes so well.
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- Faulty Argument I loved that movie we saw last night with Brad
Pitt. I am going to rent all of his movies, and I am sure Ill like
all of them.
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- TESTIMONIAL A person endorses a product, candidate, or idea
because of a personal experience they had The person may or may not
be qualified to speak on the subject.
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- TESTIMONIALS Testimonials come from regular people as well as
celebrities. -Designed to look like Word of Mouth.
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- TRANSFER Associating ideas with a person/thing, so that you
feel the same way about the idea as you do about the person/thing
associated with it. Examples: Any politician who publicly says a
prayer is transferring religion to their image. Use of a flag or
patriotic leader is also commonly utilized.
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- TRANSFER The way the audience feels about Justin Bieber is the
way they will feel about his perfume. (They will LOVE it!)
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- TRANSFER The way the audience feels about Santa is the way they
will feel about Coca Cola. (They will LOVE it!)
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- CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN3KRGYHxno&noredirect=1
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- EMOTIONAL APPEAL Intended to make viewers feel certain emotions
and therefore change their mind or call them to action
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- DOES IT WORK? Brink's Home Security
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- DOES IT WORK? NFL Football Players Thank You Mom! Stand Up to
Cancer
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- LOADED WORDS Intended to spark an emotional feeling in the
reader, by using words associated with negative or positive things
The words make the product seem more or less desirable.
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- LOADED WORDS
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- Positive words: It is your patriotic duty to save your country
and vote for me. Negative words: We cant have gangs of dangerous
youth roaming the city with no purpose.
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- Repetition The repetition of a word, phrase or an entire
sentence for emphasis. Overly repetitive words can become tiresome.
However, when used sparingly for effect, it can reinforce the
writer's message and/or entertain the reader.
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- What is repeated in this ad?
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- Repetition
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- Recognizing Bias Bias occurs when someone has an opinion or
preference to the object. For example: A students parents would not
be the best judge for the talent show their child is in. They may
show bias for their child.
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- Recognizing Bias A company trying to sell you something is
obviously bias. In other words, of course they are only going to
tell you the really GOOD things about their product!