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Propaganda techniques
Techniques used by advertisers/politicians
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English
8th Grade
03/04/2008

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Bandwagon technique
Definition
appeals to audience to join or follow the crowd because everyone is buying the product or voting for the candidate. It also implies that subject will be the only one left out if he/she does not follow the crowd
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testimonial
Definition
when a famous person endorses a product or candidate so that the audience will connect the well-respected person with the product or candidate
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faulty cause and effect
Definition
Advertisers claim that the use of a product creates a positive result without providing any support;faulty assumption that one thing causes another thing to happen but it doesn't.
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Loaded words
Definition
Advertisers or politicians use powerful words that arouse emotional response like peace, patriotic, democracy, change, tolerance etc.
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