running notes 80-92

Question 1

Eulogy

Answer 1

a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or a written tribute to a person deceased recently.

Question 2

dialect

Answer 2

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

Question 3

hubris

Answer 3

extreme pride and wrongance shown by a character that ultimately brings downfall. In literature, portrayel of hubristic characters serves to achieve a moralistic end.

Question 4

anti-hero

Answer 4

literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero.

Question 5

bandwagon

Answer 5

a persuasive technique and a type of propaganda through which a writer persuades his readers, so that majority could agree with the argument of the readers should too

Question 6

bandwagon-function

Answer 6

purpose is to make the audience think and act in a way that majority follows. the tendency of following the beliefs and actions occurs when audience sees others are comforting.

Question 7

propaganda

Answer 7

mass media advertising, politics, and literature. a very popular technique in academic commentary. primary function is to persuade the readers and mold their perceptions about a particular cause.

Question 8

propaganda-transfer

Answer 8

appeals to a person’s imagination of something we like or trust “make America Great Again”

Question 9

Propaganda-glittering generalities

Answer 9

these words are used to dupe us into accepting and approving of things without examining the evidence carefully people like themselves.

Question 10

propaganda testimonial

Answer 10

used to convince us without examining the facts more carefully

Question 11

Propaganda plain folks

Answer 11

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

Question 12

propaganda-distortion of data, out of context, card stacking, cherry picking

Answer 12

used to convince the audience by using selected information and not presenting the complete story

Question 13

propaganda testimonial

Answer 13

when some respected celebrity claims that a product is good or bad; convince without examining facts