1/26/21 Asynchronous Lesson

1/26/21 Asynchronous Lesson

Open Ended

What's your favorite tv show or movie you have watched? Or video game you have played?

My fave TV show right now is Leverage!

Did you know you have to italicize tv show/movie/video game/book titles? I know, annoying.

Multiple Choice

What is the point of a persuasive essay or piece of writing?

• To persuade, someone to agree with your argument

• To NOT persuade someone to your argument

• To inform the reader

I know, that last one was too easy but had to check!

Poll

Do you agree with the following quote? "The thesis statement of a persuasive essay states the topic and the point you are trying to make about that topic. A well-written thesis statement 1) makes an argument and 2) is a statement, not a question. A thesis is usually (but not always) stated in one sentence."

• Yes

• No

Nice. Now, let's move along.

We've been doing nonfiction work, so tell me your opinion...

Poll

Do you think propaganda is a form of nonfiction?

• Yes

• No

Propaganda is...

• chiefly derogatory information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view: He was charged with distributing enemy propaganda.

• the dissemination of such information as a political strategy: The party’s leaders believed that a period of education and propaganda would be necessary.

WWII Propaganda

The propaganda from the World Wars is the most well known and widely used.

Persuasive Techniques Used in Propaganda

• NAME-CALLING: Negative names are used for the ‘enemy’ or opposition, so that the audience has an emotional response to them and are immediately biased against them.

• GENERALITIES: Linking positive, general, and commonly accepted words (‘love,’ ‘family,’ ‘democracy,’ etc.) with a person, group, or cause to make an audience approve without careful consideration. 

• EUPHEMISMS: Substituting words or phrases with softer, ‘nicer’ ones to create a more positive response or to mislead intentionally (“senior citizen” for an old person, “collateral damage” for civilian deaths). 

Persuasive Techniques Used in Propaganda

• APPEAL TO CELEBRITY / AUTHORITY: Using well-known personalities to endorse a person, group, or cause. / An appeal to a ‘higher authority’ to back up the point.

• CAMARADERIE: Trying to convince an audience that someone is “one of them”— this helps to convince the audience that they know how they feel, even if they do not. 

• BANDWAGON: Claiming that an audience should do something because everyone else is doing it - this plays on people’s fear of being left out. 

Persuasive Techniques Used in Propaganda

• FEAR: Warning an audience that something horrible will happen to them if they don’t take certain actions.

• HYPERBOLE: An exaggeration, or exaggerated statement to make a point (‘never’ / ‘always’ etc.).

Multiple Choice

What technique is being used?

• Camaraderie

• Fear

• Generalities

• Euphemisms

Multiple Select

What technique is being used? There's more than one.

• Fear

• Name-calling

• Bandwagon

• Appeal to Celebrity

Multiple Select

What technique is being used? There's more than one.

• Generalities

• Hyperbole

• Bandwagon

• Fear

Multiple Choice

What technique is being used?

• Fear

• Euphemism

• Appeal to Authority

• Camaraderie

Multiple Choice

What technique is being used here?

• Appeal to Authority/Celebrity

• Fear

• Camaraderie

• Bandwagon

Propaganda can also be used in speeches!

Such as this excerpt from the novel, Animal Farm. Study it closely... The work is already done for you, just look at it carefully...

Open Ended

Which propaganda technique do you think is the most effective and why?