AP Notes 87-90

Question 1

PROPAGADA-TRANSFER

Answer 1

Appeals to a person imagination of something we like or trust. Trump:”Make America Great Again”.”Our school will rise to the top again.”

Question 2

PROPAGANDA-GLITTERING GENERALITIES

Answer 2

These words are sed to dupe us into accepting and approving of things without examining the evidence carefully. Examples: “Natural”,”Democratic”,”Organic”,”Scientific”,”Ecological”,”Sustainable”.

Question 3

PROPAGAND-TESTIMONIAL

Answer 3

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

Question 4

PROPAGANDA- PLAIN FOLKS

Answer 4

This type of propagada 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.