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Question 1

Dialect

Answer 1

the language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people. The term Dialect involves the spelling sounds, grammar and pronunciation used by a particular group of people and it distinguishes them from another people around them.

Question 2

Hubris

Answer 2

Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character that ultimately brings about his downfall. In AP language hubris can be found in the authors attitude toward the reader. In literature, Portugal of hubristic characters serves to achieve a moralistic end

Question 3

Anti-Hero

Answer 3

literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero. Protagonist generally admired for his bravery, charm. Anti-hero typically clumsy and has good and bad qualities

Question 4

Band Wagon

Answer 4

bandwagon is a persuasive technique and a type of propaganda through which a writer persuades his reader, so that majority could agree with the argument of the writer, suggesting that since majority agrees, the readers should too. Follow what others are confirming or doing. Also considered a type of fallacy.

Question 5

Bandwagon-Function

Answer 5

purpose of this technique is to make the audience think and act in a way that majority follows. This tendency of the following the beliefs and actions occurs when audience sees others are also confirming. We see its usage in literature, politics, and advertisements, etc.

Question 6

Propaganda

Answer 6

We can find the use of propaganda technique in mass media advertising, politics and literature. It is very popular technique in academic commentary and is taken as an interchangeable form of communication. The primary function of propaganda is to persuade the readers and mold their perceptions about a particular cause.

Question 7

Propaganda-Transfer

Answer 7

Appeals to a persons imagination of something we like or trust, Trump, “Make America great again”

Question 8

Propaganda-Glittering Generalities

Answer 8

generality: these words are used to dupe us into accepting and approving of things without examining the evidence carefully, “naturally”

Question 9

Propaganda-Testimonial

Answer 9

This represents another type of propaganda that fits a guy into a particular category of its own when some respected celebrity (or alternatively someone generally hated) claims that an idea or product is good (or bad) their technique is used to convince us without examining the facts more carefully

Question 10

Propaganda-Plain Folk

Answer 10

This type of propaganda is used by a speaker to convince an audience that an idea is good because they are the same ideas of the vast majority of people like themselves. Very similar to “bandwagon” but with the exception that the speaker or writer is convincing the audience that they [speaker] is just “plain folks” like them

Question 11

Disortion of Data or Out of Context

Answer 11

this technique is used to convince the audience by using selected information and not presenting the complete story. Such statements need to be checked with how many people were driving before and after the change in speed limit. Fever people may be driving after the speed limit change, even though the fatality rates may be higher, leading to the overall result of fewer fatalities

Question 12

propaganda-scapegoat

Answer 12

Often used with guilt-by-association to deflect scrutiny away from the issue. It transfers blame to one person or group of people without investigating the complexities of the issue Example “George W. Bush got us into Iraq”

Question 13

Propaganda-Artificial Dichotomy

Answer 13

When someone tries to claim there are only two sides to an issue and that both sides must have an equal presentation in order to be evaluated. Technique is used to dupe us into believing there is only one way to look at an issue, when there may be many alternate viewpoints or “sides”

Question 14

Propaganda-Deification

Answer 14

When an idea is made to appear holy. Sacred, or very special, and therefor above all low. Any alternative or opposite points of view are there by given the appearance of treason or blasphemy. Examples “God given right to…”

Question 15

Conceit

Answer 15

develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is, nonetheless, intellectually imaginative. A comparison turns into a conceit when the writer tries to make us admit a similarity between two things of whose “dissimilarities” we are strongly conscious, and for the reason, conceits are often surprising

Question 16

Claim

Answer 16

three common types of claim
VALUE: attempts to persuade you to approve or disapprove of something
POLICY: attempts to persuade you or your government to take some action or change behavior to solve a problem
FACT: attempts to persuade you that something exists or existed, or will exist

Question 17

Catharsis

Answer 17

is an emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or spiritual renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress. Greek word means cleansing, used for the cleansing of emotions of a character. It can also be any other radical change that leads to emotional rejuvenation of a person.

Question 18

Cliche

Answer 18

Refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty. A cliche may refer to actions and events which are predictable because of some previous events.

Question 19

Concession

Answer 19

Literary device used in argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made by ones opponent not a “counter argument” but an extension of a “counter argument” where writer attempts to find “common grounds”