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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 Quiz
Students 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.
NAME
THAT
LOGO!
1.
2.
3.
5.
4.
6.
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.Testimonial
b. plain-folks-talk
c. glittering generality
d. bandwagon
SWAT
THE
FLY!
1. According to the selection what does
the term slogan mean in paragraph
8?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A sailing vessel
A baseball term
A catchy phrase
a new invention
2.What is the author’s purpose in
writing the first paragraph?
a. To tell a fictional story
b. to catch the reader’s attention
c. to inform the reader of the statistics
d. to explain the fan’s reaction to the
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
swatter
c. to express his own feelings
about Dr. Crumbine
d. 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. atlas
b. almanac
c. 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 1911
b. Boy Scouting in the USA
c. Prevention and Control of
Deadly Diseases
d. 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”