Propaganda Pre-Assessment

You will be graded on Participation and Effort only for this Pre-Test. You will see a similar exam next
week that will be graded based on a rubric. Try your best to follow it now on as many questions as
possible.
Completely answers the question
Provided excellent and relevant evidence/examples/details
Easily-followed line of reasoning/logic
Insightful connects/conclusions/patterns made

Short Answer:
1. What does a
symbol mean? Symbols are used to represent actual things.

Matching
Match the SYMBOLS to the GROUP OF WORDS that best fit it. Explain why you think this.

Letter Explanation- Why do you think this?

Answer (A, Use Evidence, Details, and/or Examples
B, C, or D)

2. Danger, Poison, C Skull means fear and danger also used to label positions
Death, Fear

3. Peace, Truce, A Dove with a olive branch usually signifies peace

Help, Compassion

4. Freedom, D Eagles signifies freedom like America

Patriotism, Strength,
Honor

5. Restriction, B Cages represent entrapment so if you put a symbol of freedom

Oppression, in a cage it signifies restriction of freedom
Incompetence,
Apathetic

6. How could COLORS be symbolic Colors can at times signify other things such as traits. For
of something? example, white means peace and cleanliness, red an signify
 Why do you think that? blood, anger and purple can signify royalty
I think that because that is what I have always been taught...

7. Can symbols mean different things
to different people? Or do they all mean
the same thing to everyone, all the time?
Why do you think that?
They can all mean different things to different people because
sometimes one can relate things to other things. Such as an
Eagle many people can think that since it is an animal they are
not free and shouldnt be represented like that because they view
it differently.

Word Bank (words to help you get started and hints for Question # 8)

Communication Truth Influence

Persuasion Half-Truths Purposeful
Manipulate Lies

Short Answer
Explanation

8. What is Propaganda?
Propaganda is a form of communication worded in a certain way that it
persuades the reader or manipulates them to think a certain way. It
influences the way they think. Propaganda is usually from an opinion and
due to that it is not always true of made up of half-lies.

Put an X and Explain

What factors does the author or creator of propaganda have to consider before creating a product?
Factors X Here if Explanation- Why or why not? (Would this factor be important
you think it when creating propaganda?)
needs to be Use Evidence, Details, and/or Examples
considered

9. Occupation (job) X They need to think who will this affect and who will the reader
be

10. Nationality X Are they going to support what I write, how to draw it

11. Ethnicity X Who is this going to apply to what can they relate to

12. Race X What are they most known to do, how should they be
portrayed

13. Religion X Who is being attacked and why how does religion fall into this,
is this the reason for it, how is the religion portrayed.
14. Language X What language should it be written in so they can understand

15. Social class X Where do they live what can they relate to

16. Level of education X How much writing should I put on there, everyone from there
(literacy) should be able to understand it.

17. Income X What are they fighting for, what do they have to deal with?

18. Geography X Where do they live and how does this influence the situation,
this also portrays the food they eat going back to their culture

19. Political influence X Whose side are they on, whom do they want to support

Propaganda Analysis
2 similar propaganda posters from different countries
Use this Word Bank for Questions

Propaganda Techniques
Activate Strong Emotions (Examples: Honor, Anger, Betrayal, love, empowerment, inspiration,
nationalism)
Response to Audience Needs and Values (How is this relevant to its specific audience? What are the
audiences values or needs that you can see?) What values are they trying to appeal to this audience or
specific group?)
Simplify Information and Ideas (What problem is it presenting and what solution is it presenting? Be a part
of the solution, not a part of the problem. Is it using truth and facts? Opinions? Half-truths? Lies? Can you
easily tell between these?)
Attack Opponents (Is there someone who is clearly a villain? Is there someone who is clearly a hero? How
is the villain being portrayed? How do you know they are the villain?)
For all of these questions, Use Evidence, Details, and/or
Examples

20. Describe what you see in the image (What symbols do you
see and what do you think they stand for? Colors, words,
language) They portrayed this for ones strong emotions to be
activated. You see a ugly monkey kidnapping a woman,
possibly raped her and he is stepping onto America.

21. Where did this come from? How do you know it came from
there? This came from the U.S because it says Enlist U.S
Army

22. Who was it made for? (what is the targeted audience?)

Those who live in the U.S that havent enlisted in the U.S
because of what the text says.

23. What is it trying to get the audience to do? (what is it trying

to accomplish?) What is the message that this poster is trying
to get across? This message is trying to get across that if they
do not enlist in the army they are going to lose and that this
can happen to their wifes.

24. What kind of propaganda techniques are being used?

Attack opponents because they are portraying Germany as a
horrible monkey, savage in a sense, that raped an AMerican
woman and this makes them men feel rage because no way
are they going to let a foreign person kidnap their wife and
step onto their land and they didnt do anything about it.

25. Do you think this piece of propaganda would be effective

in getting across the message that the author intended? (Do
you think this got people to do what it wanted it to?)
Yes it did, because U.S army ended up winning and lots of
men enlisted in the army

Challenge Questions (Extra Credit):

26. How can you make this propaganda more effective?
(better than what it is now)
I would add americans house and property being burned by
the gorillas.

27. Is the author obvious, or could it be intentionally

misleading? (Is the author trying to make it look like
someone else did this, or do you think the author is
clearly from one country or group of people?)
The author was pretty obvious.