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PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. How are propaganda techniques used?

a)

As figurative language.

b)

As persuasion motivators to perspective buyers.

c)

As ways to inference details.

d)

As quotation.

2.

Which of the following is an example of the bandwagon technique?

a)

Are you tired of thinking up new gifts every time you get a party invitation?

b)

Don’t be the only person without a great gift for the birthday.

c)

Queen Elizabeth once complained about thinking of unique gifts.

d)

Other gift shops in this neighborhood are full of expensive junk.

3.

Nike uses people as advertisements because they know that once everyone has the “new” pair everyone will buy them just because they want to be like others. This is an example of what propaganda technique?

a)

emotional appeal

b)

bandwagon

c)

name calling

d)

emotional words

4.

What propaganda technique plays with the consumers feelings?

a)

name calling

b)

emotional appeal

c)

glittering generalities

d)

bandwagon

5.

Speakers attempt to convince their audience that they, and their ideas, are “of the people.” The device is used by the advertisers and politicians alike. It is called?

a)

testimonial

b)

bandwagon

c)

plain folks

d)

name calling

6.

This technique uses negative words to attack the competition.

a)

bandwagon

b)

card stacking

c)

name calling

d)

testimonial

7.

When people try to get others to trust them because “they are just like you.” The type of propaganda used is:

a)

bandwagon

b)

testimonial

c)

plain folks

d)

transfer

8.

What propaganda technique does the sentence below use?

McDonald’s 20 Pesos menu is now available; it has different items that cost only 20 Pesos, so if you have 20 Pesos, you’re in luck!

a)

testimonial

b)

bandwagon

c)

repetition

d)

plain folks

9.

If you try to turn people against each other by calling that person a ”loser”, what propaganda technique are you using?

a)

name calling

b)

transfer

c)

glittering generalities

d)

plain folks

10.

10. What propaganda technique is being used in the following example? “Everyone is wearing sneakers this year, so why aren’t you wearing them too?”

a)

name calling

b)

bandwagon

c)

testimonial

d)

card stacking