Propaganda
This propaganda technique plays on human feeling — fear, hope, anger, frustration, sympathy — to direct audiences toward the desired goal.
What is activating strong emotions?
The magical liquid the guests drink during the story.
What is the water from the Fountain of Youth?
The room where Prince Prospero died.
What is the black velvet room?
Ouch! This technique involves drilling of a hole through the scalp and the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
What is trephining/trepanning?
The genre in which the story is written.
What is science fiction or what is dystopian fiction?
This propaganda technique involves telling simple stories that are familiar and trusted, often using metaphors, imagery and repetition to make them seem natural or "true."
What is simplifying information and ideas?
The merchant that lost all his money in a bad investment.
Who is Mr. Medbourne?
The symbol that signifies impending death.
What is the clock?
A vampire's favorite snack. This "wet" and "hot" substance can often be found in violent video games.
What is blood?
The type of pig doctors use in the transplant operation.
What are pot-bellied pigs?
According to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, persuasive arguments fall into at least one of these three categories.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
The character that wasted his life on the pursuit of pleasure.
Who is Colonel Kiligrew?
Characters that populate the story but do not have individual characteristics.
What are stock characters?
Achoo! Wear a mask if you want to keep this "wet" and "cold" liquid from blasting onto others.
What is phlegm?
The “food” item becomes a sought after commodity after many people get the operation.
What is garbage?
This propaganda technique creates messages that appeal directly to the needs, hopes, and fears of specific groups, propaganda becomes personal and relevant.
What is responding to audience needs and values?
The ruined politician.
Who is Mr. Gascoigne?
The weapon Prince Prospero had with him at the end.
What is the dagger?
Feeling sick? Maybe you have an imbalance of this "hot" and "dry" substance produced by your liver.
What is yellow bile?
The narrative viewpoint of the story.
What is first person?
This propaganda technique identifies and vilifies opponents, calling into question the legitimacy, credibility, accuracy, and even the character of one’s opponents and their ideas.
What is attacking opponents?
The one who lost her beauty to old age.
Who is Widow Wycherly?
The figure of speech in this line: “there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep, and exceedingly beautiful.”
What is personification?
An imbalance of this dark, "dry" and "cold" substance was said to have caused laziness, fear, and melancholy.
What is black bile?
The telltale sign of the procedure.
What is a scar at the base of the throat?