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Appeals to Emotion These are devices that manipulate both conscious and unconscious preferences and biases. Often found in rhetoric (speeches), advertising, and political propaganda.

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Appeals to Emotion

• These are devices that manipulate both conscious and unconscious preferences and biases.

• Often found in rhetoric (speeches), advertising, and political propaganda.

Major Appeals to Emotion

• Loaded Words

• Glittering Generalities

• Card Stacking

• Plain Folks Appeal

• Snob Appeal

• Bandwagon

• Transfer

Loaded Words

• Definition: words or expressions that are highly connotative, either positively or negatively.

Loaded Words

• Positive Examples • Negative Examples

Loaded Words

• Positive Examples• Honor

• Negative Examples• Treachery

Loaded Words

• Positive Examples• Honor• Ambitious

• Negative Examples• Treachery• Lazy

Loaded Words

• Positive Examples• Honor• Ambitious• Worthy Adversary

• Negative Examples• Treachery• Lazy• Enemy

Loaded Words

• Positive Examples• Honor• Ambitious• Worthy Adversary• Broken-in

• Negative Examples• Treachery• Lazy• Enemy

Loaded Words

• Positive Examples• Honor• Ambitious• Worthy Adversary• Broken-in

• Negative Examples• Treachery• Lazy• Enemy• Used

Glittering Generalities

• Definition: a highly connotative term or word that is ambiguous in meaning. A “one size fits all” loaded word or phrase.

Glittering Generalities

• Patriotism

Glittering Generalities

• Patriotism

• Family values

Glittering Generalities

• Patriotism

• Family values

• A real bargain

Card Stacking

• Definition: withholding information to lead an audience to the desired conclusion

Card Stacking

• Definition: withholding information to lead an audience to the desired conclusion

Card Stacking

Picnic by William Inge (1955) starring William Holden and Kim Novak

From Borders.com:Plot Synopsis: The morning of a small town Labor Day

picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. Hal is an egocentric braggart - all potential and no accomplishment. He meets up with Madge Owens, the town beauty queen and girlfriend of Alan Benson.

Card Stacking

Card Stacking

• "Four out of five dentists recommend Trident sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum."

Card Stacking

• "Four out of five dentists recommend Trident sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum."

• All five dentists recommend that patients not chew gum. Sugared gum is not only bad for the teeth, but it also creates excess saliva and stomach acid that chews away at the stomach.

Card Stacking

• "Four out of five dentists recommend Trident sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum."

• All five dentists recommend that patients not chew gum. Sugared gum is not only bad for the teeth, but it also creates excess saliva and stomach acid that chews away at the stomach.

• Four said that IF a patient must chew gum, then they would recommend a sugarless gum like Trident.

Card Stacking

• "Four out of five dentists recommend Trident sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum."

• All five dentists recommend that patients not chew gum. Sugared gum is not only bad for the teeth, but it also creates excess saliva and stomach acid that chews away at the stomach.

• Four said that IF a patient must chew gum, then they would recommend a sugarless gum like Trident.

• One dentist still refused to recommend chewing gum at all.

Plain Folks Appeal

• Definition: any device that makes you identify with an idea, person, or thing because it shares a common attribute, value or experience with you.

Plain Folks Appeal

Plain Folks Appeal

Snob Appeal

• Definition: Any device that plays off your impulse to be superior to other people.

Snob Appeal

• Definition: Any device that plays off your impulse to be superior to other people.

• Wealth

Snob Appeal

• Definition: Any device that plays off your impulse to be superior to other people.

• Wealth

• Status / Power

Snob Appeal

• Definition: Any device that plays off your impulse to be superior to other people.

• Wealth

• Status / Power

• Looks

Snob Appeal

• Definition: Any device that plays off your impulse to be superior to other people.

• Wealth

• Status / Power

• Looks

• Intelligence

• Coolness

Bandwagon

• Definition: appeals to ones need to be like everybody else. “Everybody is doing it, so I probably should be, too.”

Bandwagon

Transfer

• Definition: a broad category that operates by associating the qualities of something (either positive or negative) with another thing.

Transfer

• Definition: a broad category that operates by associating the qualities of something (either positive or negative) with another thing.

• Political endorsements

Transfer

• Definition: a broad category that operates by associating the qualities of something (either positive or negative) with another thing.

• Political endorsements

• Celebrity endorsement of products

Transfer

• Definition: a broad category that operates by associating the qualities of something (either positive or negative) with another thing.

• Political endorsements

• Celebrity endorsement of products

Transfer

Transfer