Formative Test - Propaganda

It’s 2008 and time to join the parade of people jogging, walking, and playing in GymFan athletic shoes. Don’t be the only one in town stepping to the beat of an old-fashioned drummer! Get a pair of GymFans today! What propaganda technique is used?

• Plain Folks

• Bandwagon

• Testimonial

“I’m a professional basketball player. You’ve probably seen me grabbing rebounds and blocking the  shots of the best players in the league. I couldn’t perform like that on the court without the bounce I get from GymFans athletic shoes,” says Lebron James. What propaganda technique is used?

• Plain folks

• Bandwagon

• Testimonial

I’m just an average person, who doesn’t have money to throw away on a pair of athletic shoes that won’t last as long as it takes to run around the block. GymFans athletic shoes combine quality and style with a price I can afford. How did the commercial entice the consumers to buy?

• By advertising low cost athletic shoes

• By appealing to ordinary people who can’t afford quality shoes

• By stating the characteristics of the shoes which is classy yet

  affordable

What type of propaganda uses negative words or feelings against an idea, product or person?

• Name-calling

• Transfer

• Glittering generalities

A writer who uses propaganda attempts to:

• teach you how to make or do something

• influence you to do or believe something

• inform you about historic or current events