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Essay Archive - Thomas Paine: Propaganda and Persuasion
Thomas Paine: Propaganda and Persuasion
Thomas Paine, often called the “Godfather of America” was an
eighteenth century writer who used propaganda and persuasion techniques to
motivate Americans in the fight for freedom from Britain. In one of
several editions of his pamphlets titled The Crisis, Paine used several
propaganda and persuasion techniques including over generalization,
either/or fallacy, bandwagon appeal, parallelism, analogy, repetition,
anecdote, and loaded language. During the winter of 1776, American
soldiers fighting in the Revolutionary War under the command of George
Washington had little food, ....
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