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Writing an Analysis of Media Messages Answers

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Look at the poster.

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It encourages people to join the rest of society in buying a new car.
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It presents a type of car as a new and exciting purchase.
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It makes positive generalizations about people who buy cars.
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It shows a car that will appeal to viewers’ sense of nostalgia.
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Corey is analyzing an advertisement that indicates that the majority of the population uses a specific brand of sunscreen. Which persuasive technique is being used?

A
celebrities
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name-calling
C
bandwagon
D
nostalgia
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The advertisement for Clover Breads is meant to appeal to peoples’ sense of nostalgia, showing images of people enjoying different products made by Clover Breads.
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The advertisement for Clover Breads aims to force parents to develop a sense of nostalgia, remembering a time when they enjoyed making sandwiches after school.
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The advertisement for Clover Breads includes images meant to evoke a sense of nostalgia in parents who at one time enjoyed this brand of bread, and may want to feed it to their children.
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The advertisement for Clover Breads shows a group of students in the 1970s carefully spreading peanut butter onto slices of bread and then enjoying the sandwiches they made.
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Nala is writing an analytical essay about British propaganda during World War II, and this poster is one of her examples.

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One poster features drawings of soldiers who appear brave and strong to show that being in the military is superior to other types of jobs.
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One poster depicts a soldier standing tall over other citizens to show that every citizen has a responsibility to join the military.
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One poster displays many types of wartime jobs to show that every citizen should work in some way to help their country.
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One poster depicts a group of people in different forms of employment to show that citizens are required by law to choose a wartime job.
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Read the sentence.The poster includes bright, pretty colors to catch the viewer’s attention and evoke a sense of joy.

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vibrant
B
jarring
C
understated
D
nice
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Niko is analyzing a cereal advertisement that suggests a rival cereal brand uses artificial ingredients and an excess amount of sugar. What persuasive technique is being used?

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name-calling
B
plain folks
C
nostalgia
D
glittering generalities
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Look at the poster.

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glittering generalities
B
simple solution
C
positive association
D
name-calling
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Look at the poster.

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It presents the positive association that everyone who purchases the radio will have years of happiness.
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It indicates that celebrities who own the radio have achieved years of happiness—and the viewer can have the same.
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It uses the bandwagon technique by expressing to the viewer that others who own the radio have achieved years of happiness.
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It reminds them of the past by highlighting the ways in which the radio gives people years of happiness.
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Look at the poster.

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people who are working in factories
B
people who are questioning the war
C
people who are fighting on the front lines
D
people who are seeking employment
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Read the thesis from Alex’s media analysis essay.The advertisement pushes young viewers to exercise by showing images of young people playing sports and listing for the viewers the benefits of exercise.

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The advertisement encourages young viewers to partake in physical activity by showing images of children playing soccer and basketball, and listing the benefits of exercise.
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The advertisement tells young viewers to do something outside by showing images of children having fun and listing the ways in which what they’re doing is helpful and healthy.
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The advertisement shows images of children playing soccer on a full-size field in a beautiful park and playing basketball with hundreds of people cheering in the stands.
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The advertisement says to young viewers that regular physical activity will help decrease their chances of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.

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