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PSSA Review
Jess Borland
Period 4
Propaganda
• Hasty-Generalization: To jump to the easiest,
quickest, most obvious conclusion without enough
examples to support it.
• Red Herring: The reader or viewer is offered a
money-saving coupon, a free prize, or a chance to
win a contest.
• Appeal to Fear: This technique plays on people's
fears, joys, sadness, etc.
• False Cause: Anytime you suggest an unrelated event
is responsible for a certain outcome.
• Bandwagon: The message is: "Our product is so good
that everyone buys it. You should too."
Prefixes
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Re: again, back
Un: not
Mis: wrong
De: down, away
Dis: apart, not
Suffixes
• Able: Being capable of doing or
accomplishing something.
• Ous: Full of.
• Ment: An act or an instance of doing
something.
• Ness: State or quality of being.
• Ful: Full of, having quality.
Extra Review Terms
• Irony: method of expression in which the ordinary
meaning of a word or situation is the opposite of the
thought in the speaker's mind; when the opposite of what
you expect to happen occurs.
• Pun: a humorous use of a word where it can have different
meanings; a play on words with almost the same meaning.
• Figurative language: metaphors, simile, personification
used to enhance comparisons.
• Allusion: a reference to a person, a place or event from a
word of literature, myth, the Bible, history, sports, science,
the arts, etc.
• Connotation: what is suggested in addition to the literal
meaning of a word. Often these are "loaded words" whose
connotations evoke emotional responses.
Extra Review Terms (Cont.)
• Denotation: the exact, literal dictionary definition of a
word.
• Symbols: A sign, emblem, token, etc. which represents
something. As in other literary forms, a symbol in
advertising is a quick way to get a message across
• Humor: This is a good way to make people have good
feelings about a product or at least to get them to watch or
read the ad.
• Card Stacking: To present only the good points of your
product.
• Parody: a humorous imitation of a serious writing; to
make fun of something by copying it.
Test Taking Strategies
• Get a good nights rest.
• Eat a wholesome breakfast.
• Wear comfortable clothing.
• Stay concentrated.
• Bring your thinking caps.