MODR 1770 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thematic Relation, Feminazi, Demagogue

• School: York University
• Department: Modes Of Reasoning
• Course: MODR 1770
• Professor: Chandra Kumar

Document Summary

For the exam, we will go up to page 113 (not 118 as i had stated in an email). This chapter goes into more detail on techniques of propaganda. We will look at the techniques discussed on pp. Writing a sentence in a passive rather than active voice, and deleting the subject (the one doing the action) So, as the text says, instead of "jane kicked the ball", deleting the agent we can say, "the ball was kicked" Putting things in the passive voice without the subject of the action is a. Another example from the text: in the fifth century the known world was limited to europe and small parts of asia and africa (p. 100) this is these regions. For them, the known world was different. knows, feels, senses, touches, and so on. When qualifying phrases are omitted, it can be misleading: qualifiers such more certain than they are.