Propaganda Lesson

Understanding Techniques

​What is Propaganda?

Propaganda is a set of strategies designed for persuasion. It can be used to convince people to believe in an idea, buy a product, or support a cause. Often an exaggeration of a stereotype or a basic truth, propaganda typically contains information that has been manipulated to influence public opinion.

​​Plain Folk:

trying to relate to the average person or audience

​​Bandwagon:

emphasizing acceptance by the majority

Insult/Compliment:

putting down the other side, praising own side

​​Patriotism:

creating pride for one’s country or other organization

​​Transfer:

linking an emotional idea to another unrelated idea

​​False Dilemma:

presenting two choices with one being extreme

​​Slippery Slope:

presenting idea that if one event happens, then eventually the extreme will happen

​​Antithesis:

connecting two opposite things

Dictat:

providing a directive to act

Double Entendre:

using a word or phrase to imply two different meanings

Rhetorical Question:

asking a question with an answer so obvious it doesn’t need to be answered

Single Words:

isolating one word to give added weigh

​​Plain Folk

​​Insult/

Compliment

​​Patriotism

​​Transfer

​​Bandwagon

False Dilemma

​​Slippery Slope

​​Rhetorical Question

​​Antithesis

​Dictat

​Double Entendre

​​Single Word