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Reviewer in English -Take a fun filled cruise to a

Propaganda Techniques luxurious paradise in the


 Propaganda Bahamas.
- information, ideas, or rumors spread to - The commercial for the abused
help or harm a person, group, movement, etc. an suffering pets
You can use propaganda to persuade - Adopt a child foundation
 Repetition
someone, and with our unit, you will use
-The product name or phrase is repeated at least
propaganda to persuade people to buy a
4 times.
product that you create.
⮚ Card Stacking
-manipulating or withholding relevant
information about a product, person or
idea
⮚ Bandwagon Effect
⮚ Emotional Words
-persuades people to do something by telling
-uses words that will make the reader feel
them that others are doing it
strongly about someone or something
⮚ Testimonials
Modals
-uses a famous person to recommend a
⮚ Can
product or idea
-ability,suggestion,request
⮚ Transfer
Ex: You can take a taxi.
-relates a person, Idea or thing to others that
⮚ Be able to
have proven to be good or beneficial
-ability
 Glittering Ex: He is able to find any street in London.
- Words that sound attractive or ⮚ Can’t
catchy, but really don’t mean -certainty that something is impossible
anything. Ex: The story can’t be true.
- These are just logical fallacies
⮚ Could
- Based on the words used to
sell, the customer thinks they -ability,request,suggestion
are getting something better Ex: I could play tennis when I was younger
than what it really might be. ⮚ May
Fallacy -possibility,formal request, permission
Ex: May I come in?
-
a deceptive, misleading, or false
notion or belief. ⮚ Might
 Glittering Generalities (Continued…) -possibility
Ex: It might be quicker to travel by train,
 The truth is something that is
⮚ Must
produced in a chemical factory is often
more pure than something from
-obligation,certainty that something is true
nature. Ex: You must be back at 10 o’clock.

More Examples: Prefixes


Prefixes with only one meaning:
 This cosmetic will make you
look younger 1. Ben - good
 “This car will give you status!” 2. Circum - around
 “This magazine will make you a 3. Equi - equal
leader!” 4. Extra - outside
These phrases are only used to enhance the 5. Non - not
product’s appeal.
6. Intra - within
They’re not really telling you anything specific 7. Intro - into
about the product…it’s just making it sound Prefixe with more than one meaning:
good. 1. Dis - opposite, away from
2. Im, in, it. il - not, into
⮚ Appeal to emotion
3. Mal. Mis - bad, wrong
-Words that make you feel strongly about
4. Pre - before.in favor of. Instead of
someone or -These words could make you feel
5. Re - back, again
guilty, sad, warm, happy, etc.
6. Sub - under
These words could apply to any emotion.

Example:
Active voice is like watching Lebron play.

Passive voice is like watching gum stuck on the


7. Un - opposite of, not bleachers in the stands.

MOST OF THE TIME, YOU WANT TO USE ACTIVE


VOICE!!!!
 Base Words
- A base word is a word in its simplest form. A When would you WANT to use passive voice?
base word has nothing added to it.
 When intentionally trying to hide the
Examples: subject of the sentence.

 Do For example, a politician might say, “The mistake


 Heat was made by someone.” Hiding the subject helps
 Write him/her hide the blame.
 Read  When intentionally trying to minimize the
 Pack
guilt of the subject.

Fact and Opinion For example, a cheating boyfriend might say,


Fact “Cheating was committed by me.”
-a specific detail that can be proven as true  When passive voice better emphasizes the
base on evidence main point of the message, such as
 Objective “Children were harmed by the drunk
 States reality driver.”
 Can be verified Form of Passive Voice Verbs
 Presented with unbiased
words The passive voice requires a "double verb" and will
always consist of a form of the verb "to be" and the
past participle (usually the "en/ed/t" form) of
Opinion
another verb.
-a feeling or judgement
 Example:
 Subjective
 Interprets reality Active: John baked the bread.
 Can NOT be verified Passive: The bread was baked by John.
 Presented with value words (Was is a form of the verb “be”.)
Note Biased Words to Identify Opinions
Writers should be familiar with the forms of "to
 favorite be" , often called linking verbs, so that they can
 frightful easily identify the passive voice in their work.
 fun
 Review the forms of "to be":
 horrible
 miserable  am, is, are, was, were, be, being,
 never been
 probably
 think Maguindanao Pearls
 smart Characters:
Sinag-Tala -Daughter of Pirang
Active and Passive Voice Kawayan
Voice Lakambini-Antagonist
Magiting(Walang Gulat) -Son of the Chief
-is the form a verb takes to indicate whether the
subject of the verb performs or receives the action.
of Pasigan
Pirang Kawayan -Father of Sinag-Tala
ActiveVoice ● When Sinag-Tala was 2 and a hal years old
-use to show that the subject of the sentence her grandma place a fresh lily in one of her
is performing the action hands and a small, pale pearl on the other
PassiveVoice ● she said that Sinag-Tala was to grow as a
-used when the subject of the sentence is soft and delicate as a lily and she will own
the recipient of the action priceless pearls taken from blue seas of
Why does it matter? Maguindanao pearls
STRONG WRITING USES ACTIVE VOICE!!!! ● After 14 years Lakambini called Sinag-Tala
to make baskets for the mother of Walang
Active voice is more direct and concise.
Gulat
Passive voice is usually wordier.
● Sinag-Tala went to riverside to get some
bamban reed and young bamboo joints
● She met Magiting they talked for a while
and they didný know that some people are
watching them
● These people said what they saw to
Lakambini
● So Lakambini said that she didn’t need to
make baskets anymore and ended up
hiding pearlsin one of the baskets
● Sinag-Tala was accuse of stealing the
pearls and put into trials
● Magiting donated some jewels to the
village in place of pearls but the judged did
not accept them
● Sinag-Tala was placed into boiling water
ordeal wherein she had to dip her hands
and get one stone at the bottom if her
hands showed nosign of being burned,she
is innocent
● Lakambini knew that he was going to do
something bad but as she screamed,
Pirang kawayan stabbed his own daughter
● After that Lakambini admitted that she
was tha one who hide the pearls and
Sinag-Tala is innocent
● But it was too late because Sinag-Tala was
already dying.

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