Propaganda
the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.
propaganda
this is an issue within the society that makes it difficult for people to achieve their full potential.
Social Issue
This element of a story allows readers to picture where the story is taking place in their minds whilst they read.
Setting
a word that is used to connect words, phrases, and clauses.
Conjunction
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While traveling, my family and I swam through different seas, drove around different cities, and we're eating at trendy restaurants.
While traveling, my family and I swam through different seas, drove around different cities, and ate at trendy restaurants.
This propaganda technique uses words to dupe us into accepting and approving of things without examining the evidence carefully. Examples: "Natural", "Democratic", "Organic", "Scientific", "Ecological", "Sustainable".
Glittering Generalities
Define Scarcity
the demand for a good or service is greater than the availability of the good or service. OR short supply; shortage.
This element of a story comments on human experience, and more often a story relates to real life situations where a message woven throughout it. All stories have at least one of this.
Theme
a pair of joining words that connects two parts of a sentence to each other. This conjunction can connect two words, phrases, or clauses to each other.
Correlative conjunction
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For her new room, Cassie decided to buy new sheets, replace her lights, and to re- paint the walls.
For her new room, Cassie decided to buy new sheets, to replace her lights, and to re- paint the walls.
This propaganda is also known as association, this is a technique of projecting positive or negative qualities (praise or blame) of a person, entity, object, or value (an individual, group, organization, nation, patriotism, etc.) to another in order to make the second more acceptable or to discredit it.
Transfer
This issue is the fundamental challenge facing all societies, which is how to satisfy unlimited wants and needs with limited resources.
Economic Issue
What type of conflict is being described?
A world where books are outlawed, a fireman Guy Montag rebels against his oppressive government by becoming an outlaw reader, quitting his job to help preserve literature.
Man vs. Society
I will ______ go for a hike ___ stay home and watch TV.
either, or
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The heat today was scorching, burning, and torrid.
The heat today was scorching, burning, and
- boiling, sizzling, suffocating, blistering, burning, roasting.
a form of propaganda that uses oversimplified messages to appeal to the emotions of an audience.
Simplification
This issue is concerned with the goodness or badness of human character or behavior or with the distinction between right and wrong.
Moral Issue
This element includes building tensions and easing any built-up tension or wrapping up loose ends.
Plot
He is ___ ____ intelligent, ___ ____ very funny.
not only, but also
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During family trips, Ian was in charge of planning the itinerary, book the flights, and looking for famous landmarks.
During family trips, Ian was in charge of planning the itinerary, booking the flights, and looking for famous landmarks.
What is Card stacking technique
a propaganda technique where an organization may use media to favorably show one side or an issue or an argument, while simultaneously downplaying the other side.
You are an eyewitness to a crime: A man has robbed a bank, but instead of keeping the money for himself, he donates it to a poor orphanage that can now afford to feed, clothe, and care for its children. You know who committed the crime. If you go to the authorities with the information, there's a good chance the money will be returned to the bank, leaving a lot of kids in need.
Moral Issue
What point of view is being used below?
You're the mother of two children, but now one of them is dead and the other is missing. Maybe she's dead, too. You discover all of this when you come home from work one day. House empty, too empty, tiny little boy all bloody and bruised on the den floor.
2nd person point of view.
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We thought he suffered from mobility problems, but in actual fact his walking stick was merely a fashion accessory.
but in actual fact
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Mary likes to devour wandering tourists, taking long walks in the forest, and playing with small woodland creatures.
Mary likes devouring wandering tourists, taking long walks in the forest, and playing with small woodland creatures.