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Persuasion Technique
Mrs. Van Meter's persuasion techniques vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tries to persuade everyone to join in and do the same thing. | Bandwagon |
| Falsely credits a product for giving a positive result. | Faulty Cause & Effect |
| Uses a famous personality to endorse the product. | Testimonial |
| Suggests the use of the product makes the customer part of an elite group. | Snob Appeal |
| Attracts customers to products by diverting their attention by giving them a reason to laugh or be entertained by the clever use of visuals or language. | Wit and Humor |
| Suggests that the product is a practical product of good value for ordinary people. | Plain Folks |
| Leads the viewer to believe one product is better than another, although no real proof is offered. | Compare and Contrast |
| Repeats the product name or keyword phrase several times. | Repitition |
| Uses words, images, and ideas with positive connotations to suggest that the positive qualities should be associated with the product and the user. | Transfer |
| Uses words with strong emotional associations (such as luxury, beautiful, paradise, and economical) to bring out positive feelings in the viewer. | Emotional/Loaded Words |
| Uses statistics and objective factual information to prove the superiority of the product. | Facts and Figures |