Question

Which statement uses a stereotype to persuade the reader? A}I can’t listen to the town council anymore; they make me so angry! B}The town council members made this decision without having all of the information they needed. C}The town council members should all be replaced! D}The town council always makes bad decisions.

Answer 1

D. It's the only one that is going off of a stereotype. The stereotype is that the town hall always makes bad decisions.

Answer 2

The statement that uses a stereotype to persuade the reader is option D. The town council always makes bad decisions.

Stereotype refers to over-generalized beliefs that we use in an attempt to categorize people, objects, and events while assuming those beliefs are accurate generalizations of the whole group. In other words, stereotypes are generalized because one assumes that the stereotype is true for each individual person in the category. In this case the stereotype is that the town hall ALWAYS makes bad decisions.