Identify and analyze the persuasive devices used in written and oral communication (e.g., bandwagon, loaded words, testimonial, name-calling, plain folks, snob appeal). 0801.5.11

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1. Analyzing Political Ads - Students will view current political ads and learn how they make use of various commercial ad appeals. Students will also develop familiarity with basic videography terms.
2. Affluenza: A PBS Program - Lessons such as "Be an Adbuster!" and "What are Advertisers Selling?" are based on Affluenza, a one-hour television special that explores the high social and environmental costs of materialism and over consumption. The lessons can be used without the video.
3. Book Report Alternative: A Character's Letter to the Editor - spur that character to try to persuade the audience of other characters in the novel to take a specific action or change their position on an issue
4. Common Persuasive Techniques - chart with definitions and examples
5. Examples of Persuasive Techniques and Terms - Quia Quiz
6. Top 20 Logical Fallacies - definitions and explanations from The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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