Question

This World War II poster was designed to encourage Americans to avoid sharing information that could hurt the war effort. Analyze the types of appeal used in the poster. Use your findings and examples from the poster to explain whether this is an argument or persuasion. Answer in a minimum of three complete sentences.

Answer 1

This poster is better categorized as persuasion, as it attempts to convince the soldiers to do their part in silence. It does not use logical arguments or facts. Instead, it conveys this through emotions. It presents the spy as a scary figure lurking in the background. It also has the words "BEWARE" and "SILENCE" in all capitals and in a larger font than the rest of the writing in order to trigger an emotional response. This is an appeal to emotion, or pathos.

Answer 2

This poster was made to urge on the war and give America the courage to win and not to spread to vital information.this a persation