Persuasive Techiques

What is a critique? 

• Judging or evaluating a text based on it's emotional effect on a reader. 
• Something you can prove from the text. 
• A photo from the article. 
• A caption describing a fish. 

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.3

Over one million students have purchased Brain Power. 

• bandwagon
• card stacking
• appeal to emotion
• snobbery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

The newest brand jeans that everyone is wearing are called Blue Dogs. Blue Dogs are being worn by all young teens. Be sure to go out and buy your new jeans at your local mall.

• Name Calling
• Bandwagon
• Testimonial
• Non-Example

Do you want whiter teeth? If you do you should use White Toothpaste. The White Toothpaste will whiten your teeth within ten days. Nine out of ten dentists insist on their patients using White Toothpaste each day. 

• Testimonial
• Bandagon
• Loaded Words
• Non-Example

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

What type of appeal taps into the desire to belong to a group?

• Bandwagon
• Testimonial
• Fallacy
• Ethical

Tags

CCSS.SL.6.3

What is used that relies on the backing of a celebrity, expert, or satisfied customer?

• Appeal to fear
• Appeal to pity
• Testimonial
• Bandwagon

Verizon advertising the newest Samsung Galaxy phone that they claim everyone else who has bought it loves the new product. 

• Humor
• Bandwagon
• Celebrity Endorsement
• Testimonial

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A commercial featuring starving children in Africa asking for donations to help provide food and clean water to those in need. 

• Bandwagon
• Emotional Appeal
• Celebrity Endorsement
• Testimonial

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

"You know me - I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers."

• Pathos
• Logos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

This term refers to using logic, facts, statistics to persuade.

• Pathos
• Logos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B