You see a commercial for a cell phone. everyone in the commercial is using this phone. a teenage boy nervously calls a girl. the girl giggles and shushes her friends as she answers. a businesswoman makes a call as she gets into a cab. the ad ends with a six-year-old girl showing her grandfather how to send a text message. what propaganda technique is being used to sell the phone? a. fear b. glittering generalities c. plain folks d. transfer

Changing the sentence structure and how quickly events unfold in a story can affect which literally element?

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.

Which of the following best describes how the majority of content decisions are made by the media?