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vocab

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Persuasive Techniques   Ways authors use to convince an audience  
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Logical Appeals   Present facts and evidence to support a claim or message  
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Emotional Appeals   Ways to stir the feelings of an audience  
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Loaded Language   Words with either positive or negative connotations or suggested meanings  
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Public Service Announcements   A noncommercial media or print advertisement that seeks to inform the public about a social issue, such as safety, health or education  
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Logic   correct reasoning backed by solid reasons and evidence  
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Faulty Reasoning   flawed thinking  
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Logical Fallacies   incorrect ways of thinking  
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Hasty Generalization   a conclusion drawn from too little evidence  
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Circular Reasoning   reasons that say the same thing over and over again using different words  
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False Cause   the assumptions that one event caused another because it occurred earlier in time  
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Claim   a message  
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Bandwagon appeal   takes advantage of people's desire to be part of a group or to be popular  
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Stereotype   presents a narrow, fixed idea about all the members of a certain group  
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Name-Calling   the use of loaded words to create negative feelings about a person, group, or thing  
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Snob Appeal   sends the message that something is valuable because only "special" people appreciate it  
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Endorsement   a recommendation make by someone who is well known but not necessarily an authority  
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Propaganda   the attempt to convince an audience to accept ideas without considering other viewpoints  
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Commercial Advertise   its purpose is to persuade consumers to buy a particular product and to make money for the company that sells the product  
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Propaganda Techniques   examples are bandwagon, stereotype, name-calling, snob appeal, and endorsement  
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Over Generilization   a broad conclusion using all-or-nothing words like every, always, and never  
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Persuasive   aims to bring about a change in people's attitudes or behaviors  
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