4.18 Politics & Propaganda

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Which best identifies the implied message in this media piece?

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  Williams’ Shaving Soap is a fantastic product.

• If you aspire to be president, shave!!

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  Ambitious men shave with Williams’ Shaving Soap.

Read the description of an advertisement.

A girl picks strawberries from a field, takes them home, and watches as her mother bakes a pie with them. The screen then shows a boxed pie at a local store. The ad reads, ‘Just like mom used to make.

Which best describes the purpose

of the advertisement?

• To convince customers that the boxed pie tastes as

  good as a homemade pie

• To encourage viewers to purchase organic produce

• To explain to adults how they can save time and money

  by purchasing boxed pies

Review the detail.

On the informative media poster “U R What U Eat,” the colors green, yellow, and red correspond to Go, Slow, and Whoa food categories.

Which best explains the author’s use of metaphor with regards to this coloring system?

• These colors are associated with healthy foods like fruits and vegetables.

• These colors are associated with positive and negative emotions.

• These colors are associated with controlling the flow of traffic.

Read the description.

In Michael’s video, “I Live in Constant Fear,” the camera is focused head-on and up close.

Which best describes the effect of this camera angle?

• The camera angle helps the viewer to focus on important elements in the background.

• The viewer can clearly see Michael’s facial expressions and emotions.

• The angle is aggressive and intrusive, which encourages the viewer to judge Michael for his mistakes.

Which type of figurative language is italicized in this passage?

He remembers riding in the ambulance, wondering if he was going to die. He never smoked another cigarette. “Losing your breath is losing your life force.”

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

The informative poster “U R What U Eat” uses a bright and bold font, colors, and graphics.

Which best describes the audience for this poster?

• Kids

• Adults

• The elderly

Which correctly defines the italicized words in the order that they appear in the sentence?

The dove dove for shelter under the trees just as the hailstorm began.

• Bird, quick drop

• Quick drop, bird

• Quick drop, gentle person

Which rhetorical fallacy is best represented by the example?

Laura, I don’t trust your statistics. Everyone knows men make better scientists anyway!

• Ad hominem

• Stereotyping

• Categorical claim

What best identifies the definition of the italicized word?

These are the fuzzy-thinking, two-faced weaklings who call themselves Alarm-Ringers – as if galactic harmony were something to be alarmed about!

• Wavy, curly

• unclear

• Twisted

Which context clue is most helpful in determining that the definition of the italicized word is ‘dirt’?

The elbows of my favorite shirt are completely soiled with soil.

• The word completely is an adverb modifying the adjective.

• The elbows of a shirt are most likely to get dirty.

• The word’s position in the sentence suggests that it is a noun.