OCS English II Module 4 Review

Name calling is also called _____________ when politicians use it during campaigns.

• mud-slinging

• testimonial

• bandwagon

• plain speak

When advertisers use bandwagon propaganda, they try to convince their audiences to

• buy their products because they would be good Americans who support their country

• buy their products because everyone else is buying them

• buy their products because celebrities are buying them

• buy their products because advertisers threaten their audiences with mean names

Is this statement a fact or opinion? “I think reality television negatively influences teenagers.”

• fact

• opinion

A claim is

• the argument you’re trying to make

• when celebrities endorse products

• a fact

• an opinion

Name calling propaganda is intended to

• damage a person’s reputation

• be used only by politicians

• make someone feel good

• make someone want to join the crowd

An opinion is

• something that can be proven

• what someone thinks or feels about something

• something that can be shown with research

• something that can be demonstrated in an experiment

“Join the Pepsi Generation!” is an example of which type of propaganda?

• name calling

• bandwagon

• testimonial

• plain speak

Fact or opinion? “Rabbits are mammals.”

• Opinion

• Fact

Which of the following phrases would you find in an opinion?

• “I believe”

• “Research proves”

• "Investigation confirms"

• "Evidence verifies"

Facts

• can never change; they are always the same no matter what.

• can change as long as they can still be proven

• can change with how someone thinks

• can change with how someone feels