Dec 4: Propaganda, Fahrenheit 451 introduced

(FYI: Mrs. Woodliff's classes had a substitute today)

1. Students turned in essays.
2. Students took notes over propaganda using handouts at their tables. Students followed instructionsat the top of these handouts.
3. Fahrenheit 451 introduction: Handout with instructions. Article to accompany second half of handout.

Propaganda Notes:
What is Propaganda: SPREADING INFORMATION; BIASED; APPEALS TO EMOTION
Different types of propaganda:

1. Bandwagon : Tries to persuade everyone to join and do the same thing. “Everyone’s doing it!”
2. Testimonial: endorsement by a celebrity
3. Euphemism (or Doublespeak)try to obscure the meaning of what is being talked about by replacing plain English with deliberately vague jargon.Examples:the term "strategic misrepresentations" as a euphemism for "lies." Or "employee transition" as a substitute for "getting fired"
4. Fear - attempts to reach you at the level of one of your most primitive and compelling emotions. Politicians use it when they talk about crime and claim to be advocates for law and order. Environmentalists use it when they talk about pollution-related cancer. Fear can lead people to do things they would never otherwise consider.
5. Glittering Generality The slogan is so attractive that the audience does not challenge its true meaning. Examples: "The American Way" "support our troops" "the common good" Using words so strongly positive in emotional content that just hearing them makes you feel good. The words express a positive meaning without actually giving a guarantee.
6. Name Calling: criticizing another person or product
7. Plain Folks: Suggesting something is practical and a good value for ordinary people. Appealing to common people
8. Rewards – toys, gimmicks, kids’ clubs, rebates, etc.
9. Transfer - Transferring good looks, feelings, or ideas to the person who the propaganda is meant to influence. Suggests positive qualities to be associated with the product and the user.
10. Repetition - a jingle, word, or image is repeated over and over again, and gets stuck in someone’s head, so they buy the product or believe what is being said.
    

Fahrenheit 451 introduced

•Read the passage about the book at the top of the handout.
•In your own words, what is the book about?
•Write what you think the underlined words mean.

Vocabulary (underlined words in passage on the handout)
Rabidly (adverb)
•Rabid: adj. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice
•Censored: verb. suppressing or editing parts that are objectionable (that the government, perhaps, doesn’t want people to know)
CENSOR (additional definitions for the word). noun or verb
1.Someone who examines literature or information for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. (noun)
2.any person who supervises the manners or morality of others. (noun)
3. to forbid the public distribution of (verb)
4. to subject to political, religious, or moral censorship (verb)
•Chastised – verb. Punished, criticized severely
•Insipid – adj. flat, dull, uninteresting
•Shunted – verb. Moved aside
•Apathy – noun. Absence of emotion or excitement (remember the root “path” means “feeling.” the prefix “a” means “without”

“The Firebrand” Active Reading

•Follow the instructions on the second half of the handout.

This last handout was due the following class (Monday, December 8)