Reading MCT2 tools of persuasion
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mgwoodruff on March 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bandwagon effect | suggests that most people feel one way about an issue and urges others to go along with the majority |
| Name calling | makes accusations but doesn't give any facts to support the claims |
| Glittering generalities | are words that are patriotic, attractive, or catchy but don't really say anything because the mean different things to different people: for instance a GREAT DEAL. |
| plain folks | technique tries to connect the speaker with simple values and down-to-earth people, and it connects opposing ideas with people who think they are better than others |
| Endorsement | cites a prominent person or source to support an idea, opinion, or course of action |
| Shock tactics and fear | describe "possible" negative effects with strong and unsupported images that make people act out of fear instead of reason. These effects may be "probable," but they are not facts |
| Guilt by association | implies that if you're a friend of a person who did something bad, you are probably guilty, too |
| Repetition | is used to keep an idea front and center in a person's mind |
| Stereotyping | uses commonly held but oversimplified or unfair images of a group to make a point |
| Tabloid thinking | is a generalization that oversimplifies the issue |
| Card stacking | focuses solely on one side of an argument and ignores all other viewpoints |
| Slanted words | are carefully selected to change the meaning of things. |
| false syllogism | two general statements mislead the reader into believing in third and final statement, which is untrue |
| Air and rebut the other side's point of view | restating an opposing viewpoint and then showing why it is wrong |
| Association | connecting the unknown individual, thing, or organization with something familiar |
| Intertextual references | using another reference that agrees with your opinion or view |
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