Question

list five or six methods, strategies, or tactics the abolitionists used to sway public opinion in support of their cause

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Bandwagon

Bandwagon is defined as the strategy that persuades the people to act and think in the same way that other people do.

2. Loaded Words

It is a strategy which involves the use of terms or words that have powerful connotations. One example of loaded words is the name-calling.

3. Transfer

Transfer is defined as the strategy that makes an irrational association between two things.

4. Snob Appeal

It is a strategy that makes a declaration that an individual must think and act in a particular way since that the thought and action are connected in the high-status.

5. Unreliable Testimonial

It is a strategy that uses incompetent and unsuitable individuals to promote an opinion or action.

6. Vague Terms

Vague terms are defined as the strategy that opposes or promotes a judgment by the use of terms or words which are too vague to understand the meaning.