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<p>Badwagon Appeal</p>

Badwagon Appeal

taps into people’s desire to belong. (If everyone is doing it, then you do it.)

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<p><span>“Plain Folks” Appeal:</span></p>

“Plain Folks” Appeal:

implies that ordinary people are on our side or that a “Candidate” is like an ordinary person.

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<p>Testimonial </p>

Testimonial

relies on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers

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<p>Transfer</p>

Transfer

connects a product, candidate, or a cause to a positive idea.

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<p>Pity Appeal</p>

Pity Appeal

uses words that evoke strong feelings, rather than facts and evidence to persuade.

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<p>Vanity/snob Appeal</p>

Vanity/snob Appeal

Only the rich, most discerning people like this product.

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<p>Loaded language</p>

Loaded language

wording that attempts to influence an audience by using an appeal to emotion or

stereotypes.

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<p>Statistics Appeal</p>

Statistics Appeal

tries to persuade through the use of statistics.

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<p>Card stacking</p>

Card stacking

Telling half-truths or omitting or distorting facts to sell a product

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<p>Demonizing </p>

Demonizing

portraying the competition as purely evil.

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<p><span>Point of View</span></p>

Point of View

method of narration

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<p><span>1st person pov</span></p>

1st person pov

  • uses the pronoun I to tell the story

  • is a character in the story

  • share only the perspective of a single character

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<p><span>3rd person pov</span></p>

3rd person pov

  • acts as an outside observer

  • may say to the story from a broader perspective, or may be limited to what one character knows

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<p><span>narrative structure</span></p>

narrative structure

the way the story is put together

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<p><span>The five key elements of a story's plot are</span></p>

The five key elements of a story's plot are

exposition: introduces characters, setting, and conflict or struggle

rising action: presents complication, building suspense

climax: reaches the story’s high point, making the conflict’s outcome clear

falling action: shows results of character decisions/actions

resolution: reveals outcome; also called denouement


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<p>sentence fragment </p>

sentence fragment

a sentence that does not express a complete thought

Lacks:

  • subject, verb, and complete thought

EXAMPLE: The weeds grew. Because of the rain.

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<p>Ways to fix an sentence fragment</p>

Ways to fix an sentence fragment

1st: figure out what piece is missing

if it’s a subject, add a subject

if it’s a verb, add a verb

2nd:Attach the fragment to a complete sentence(Fragment + Complete Sentence)

Ex. (Until the sun went down) + (They played football) = They played football until the sun went down.

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<p>run-on sentence</p>

run-on sentence

two or more complete sentences that look like only one sentence

- can be confusing because they don’t show where one idea ends and 

another one begins.

EXAMPLE: I love pizza it is my favorite food. She ran to the store she forgot her wallet.

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<p><span>&nbsp;To fix a run-on sentence, you can cut it apart or join it properly</span></p>

 To fix a run-on sentence, you can cut it apart or join it properly

  1. IF ideas are NOT related, THEN make two sentences


  1. IF ideas ARE closely related, THEN make one sentence

IF ideas ARE equally important, THEN make one sentence

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<p>How to properly fix a run on sentence</p>

How to properly fix a run on sentence

  • Add a period (.)

EX: I love pizza. It is my favorite food.

  • Use a comma (,) and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)

EX: She ran to the store, but she forgot her wallet.

  • Use a semicolon (;)

EX: I love pizza; it is my favorite food.

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<p>F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.</p>

F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

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<p><span>fused sentence</span></p>

fused sentence

when there is no punctuation between the two sentences

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<p><span>comma splice</span></p>

comma splice

when there is only a comma between the two sentences

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<p>complete sentence</p>

complete sentence

A sentence is a group of words that:

  • Has a subject

  • Has a verb

  • Expresses a complete thought

If it has all three parts (subject, verb, complete thought), it's a complete sentence.