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| Propaganda Techniques | used to influence people to believe, buy, or do something. |
| Name-calling | an attack on a person instead of an issue. |
| bandwagon appeal | tries to persuade the reader to do, think or buy something because it is popular or because “everyone” is doing it. |
| red herring | an attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument. |
| emotional appeal | tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader’s emotions instead of to logic or reason. |
| testimonial | attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea (for instance, the celebrity endorsement). |
| sweeping generalization (stereotyping) | makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information. |
| circular argument | states a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument. |
| appeal to numbers, facts, or statistics | attempts to persuade the reader by showing how many people think something is true. |
| Public document | A document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond. |
| Resolution | The portion of a story following the climax, in which the conflict is resolved. |
| Rhyme | Identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem. |
| Rhythm | The pattern or beat of a poem. |
| Rising Action | The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated. |
| Root Word | prefixes and suffixes can be added to form different words |
| Satire | A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness. |
| Semantics | The study of meaning in language. |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., She eats like a bird.). |
| Sonnet | A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed. |
| Primary Source: | Text and/or artifacts that tell or show a first-hand account of an event; original works used when researching (e.g. letters, journals). |
| Story Maps | A visual representation of a story that provides an overview including characters, setting, the problem, and resolution or ending. |
| Suffix | groups of letters placed after a word to modify its meaning or change it into a different word group, from an adjective to an adverb, etc. |
| Summarize | To capture all the most important parts of the original text (paragraph, story, poem), but express them in a much shorter space, and - as far much as possible - in the readers own words |
| Style | How an author writes; an author’s use of language; its effects and appropriateness to the author’s intent and theme. |
| Symbolism | A device in literature where an object represents an idea. |
| Theme | A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work. |
| Tone | The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous). |
| Validity | Refers to statements that have the appearance of truth or reality |
| Voice | The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that make it unique to the writer |
