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Argument-Propaganda 1
Argument-Propaganda 1
General Offers good reasoning and Uses personal, emotional, or Relies on emotions and
Technique evidence to persuade an moral appeal to convince an values to persuade an
audience to accept a “truth” audience to adopt a audience to accept a
particular point of view particular position
Methods Considers other perspectives May considers other Focuses on its own message,
on the issue perspectives on the issue without considering other
positions
Offers facts that support the Blends facts and emotion to Relies on biases and
reasons (in other words, make its case, relying often assumptions and may distort
provides evidence) on opinion or alter evidence to make the
case
Predicts and evaluates the May predict the results of Ignores the consequence of
consequences of accepting accepting the position, accepting a particular
the argument especially if the information position
will help convince the reader
to adopt the opinion