Propaganda is a form of communication that

may use distorted, false, or misleading

information. Can you think of an example of

propaganda?

Propaganda and Persuasive Devices

It is important that you are able to recognize various ways that authors try to persuade their readers in order to become more alert to deceptive ideas.

Persuasive Techniques are used to sway people toward believing in a particular point of view about an idea.

In order to evaluate persuasive devices, you must remember to be a critical reader.

Bias is having strong emotions that makes an author see things from one side rather than thinking carefully about the facts.

Propaganda and Persuasive Devices

There are different types of persuasive or propaganda devices.

NAME CALLING is used to try to create a negative feeling about a person or item without having supporting evidence. For example, Bertha is not very attractive.

PLAIN-FOLKS-TALK is used to connect a well-known person or entity to the item or idea in order to gain the support of the public. For example, Although I was offered a scholarship to Harvard, I attended State University because I love Texas,” replied the congressional candidate.

Propaganda and Persuasive Devices

BANDWAGON is used to urge others to buy or to do what everyone else is participating

in. For example, Go see the #1 movie in America “Invisible”. Over 37 million people

saw it this weekend, how about you?

GLITTERING GENERALITIES is using unclear terminology to influence a point of

view without providing sufficient support. For example, Oink Ham is not nutritious and will

change the way you feel about pork products.

Propaganda and Persuasive Devices

TESTIMONIAL is using a highly popular person to endorse a

product. For example, “Checkered Flags are the only tires I ever put on

my race car!” Dale Earnhart said.

Explain the idea expressed in this picture.

Explain the idea expressed in this

picture.

Explain the idea expressed in this picture.

Propaganda QuizStudents will complete the quiz

and then we will review it.

1. If everyone cheats on tests at school, then it’s okay for me to do it too.

2. But then I would be like them – lowdown, dishonest cheaters.

3. I choose to be a student of integrity, honor and upstanding character.

4. Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice said in a press conference “Cheating is for people who do not have the intelligence to succeed on their own.”

5. Parents like you and me hope that our lessons of honesty will keep our children from visiting the Fayetteville Police Department.

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Name That Logo

•Mr. Clean (cleaning products)

• Keebler Cookies & Snacks

• Kool-Aid Drink Mix

• Mercedes Benz

• Sony Playstation

• NBA (National Basketball

Association)

Bellwork

Join the fun with your friends and the happy crowds at this year’s

Fort Bragg Fair!

What type of propaganda technique does this sentence

represent?

a.Testimonialb. plain-folks-talk

c. glittering generalityd. bandwagon

SWAT THE FLY!

1. According to the selection what does the term slogan mean in paragraph

8?

a. A sailing vesselb. A baseball termc. A catchy phrased. a new invention

2.What is the author’s purpose in writing the first paragraph?

a. To tell a fictional storyb. to catch the reader’s attention

c. to inform the reader of the statisticsd. to explain the fan’s reaction to the

game

3. How did the author’s father aid Dr. Crumbine with his popular slogan

“Swat the Fly”?

a. He started a testimonial campaign that spread the news about Dr.

Crumbine’s idea.b. He started a new Boy Scouts troop

that created crafty instruments.c. He in collaboration with the Boy

Scouts, created a common household item named today as the

fly swatter.d. He presented Dr. Crumbine with

the name “fly bats” that would revolutionize as a household name.

4. If the invention of the fly swatter had not happened, what could be

concluded about the spread of typhoid fever?

a. Typhoid fever cases would increase by a substantial amount.b. The outbreak of typhoid fever

would remain stagnate.c. The number of typhoid fever cases would surpass that cholera

cases.d. Fly-borne diseases, in general,

will decrease over time.

5. What is the author’s purpose in writing this selection?

a. to entertain the reader with a short story about baseball

b. to persuade others that his father actually invented the fly

swatterc. to express his own feelings

about Dr. Crumbined. to inform others about the

monumental work of Dr. Crumbine

6. To find further information about Dr. Crumbine’s

invention, in which reference source should you look?

a. atlasb. almanacc. dictionary

d. encyclopedia

7. Which of these reference books would most likely

contain additional information about efforts to stamp out

typhoid in the United States?

a. Inventions of 1911b. Boy Scouting in the USAc. Prevention and Control of

Deadly Diseasesd. Kansas Baseball Leagues in

the Early 1900s

“DBMS Hawks: Soaring for Success”

Students will choose a propaganda device we

have discussed and advertise our school to

new or potential students and parents. Students

should assume their work will appear in the

Fayetteville Observer newspaper. Remember PAC (purpose, audience,

content)!

Which statement is an example of a testimonial?

a.Don’t vote for Herbert Smith; he is a criminal.

b. “I am voting for Justin Hewett. He is the right man for the job,”

says Manuel Hernandez, Attorney General.

c. All of the people I know are voting for Herbert Smith.

d. Justin Hewett is honest, caring, hardworking, and a great man;

Herbert Smith is nothing but a liar and a cheat.

Bill has just joined a political group at his

school. During a discussion, Bill expresses

that he thinks that welfare is needed in some cases. His friends in the taunt him about this because they think welfare is for

lazy people who just want working people to take

care of them. Bill accepts their views in order to

avoid rejection from the group. This is an example

of which propaganda technique?

Propaganda Quiz II

1.The implication that users of this product are “just like you”

2.Using good labels such as patriotic, beautiful, exciting that are unsupported by facts

3. An endorsement by a famous person

4. The implication that “everybody else is doing it”