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Vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Persuasive | Aims to bring a change in attitude or behavior. |
| Persuasive Techniques | Logical and Emotional appeals meant to convince the audience. |
| Logical Appeals | Facts to support the claim or message. |
| Emotional Appeals | To stir the feeling of the audience with emotion. |
| Loaded Language | Words with positive or negative connotations or suggested meanings. |
| Structural Features | Any evidence supporting the claim. |
| Logic | Correct reasoning backed by solid reasons and evidence. |
| Faulty Reasoning | Flawed thinking. |
| Logical Fallacies | Incorrect ways of reasoning. |
| Hasty Generalization | A conclusion drawn from too little evidence. |
| Overgeneralization | A broad conclusion using all-or-nothing words. |
| Circular Reasoning | Reasons that say the same things over and over again using different words. |
| False Cause | The assumption that one event caused another because it occurred earlier in time. |
| Purpose | The reason you are persuading someone. (In this case.) |
| Propaganda | The attempt to convince an audience to accept ideas without considering other viewpoints. |
| Propaganda Techniques | Techniques used to support propaganda. |
| Public Service Announcement | A noncommercial media or print advertisement that seeks to inform the public about a social issue, such as safety, health or education. |
| Claim | A message |
| Bandwagon Appeal | Takes advantage of people's desire to be part of a group or to be popular. |
| Stereotypes | Presents a narrow, fixed idea about all the members of a certain group. |
| Name-Calling | The use of loaded words to create negative feelings about a person, group, or thing. |
| Snob Appeal | Sends the message that something is valuable because only "special" people appreciate it. |
| Endorsement | A recommendation make by someone who is well known but not necessarily an authority. |
| Commercial Advertise | Its purpose is to persuade consumers to buy a particular product and to make money for the company that sells the product. |