Okeke is from the story 'Marriage is a private affair', a book written by the Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe.
Okeke was a dutiful son who has regards for his father and always want to obtain his permission in all that he does. But he also a very determined man and is always ready to stay by his decisions, when he knows that he is doing the right thing for himself. He is a man who does not give up easily and he continues to appeals to his father to change his mind about his marriage even years after the event has happened. Okeke is a kind of man who does not follow custom and traditions blindly, when they do not favour him.
Question 1:
The answer is False
- Biased means that it is an <em>unfair perspective</em> and holds prejudice or only represent one side of an argument/idea
Question 2:
The answer is True
- to jump on the bandwagon means <em>to just follow what others say or do </em>
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Question 3:
The answer is Glittering Generalities
- glittering generalities is a propaganda technique that <em>appeals to emotion</em> and <em>makes things sound really good, but without any information to support it</em> (it's like taking someone's word about something)
Question 4:
The answer is card stacking
- card stacking <em>only gives good info about one thing</em> and leaves out the bad stuff
Question 5:
Plain folk and transfer
- plain folk tries to appeal to common/blue collar people (miners)
- transfer usually is propaganda in the form of images that makes people look good.
Answer:
From the article, it is seen that advertising can influence the price of commodities negatively or positively. Negatively, critics believe that "consumers must pay for the cost of advertising in the form of higher prices for goods" ("Advertising," 2012). Opponents of this believe hold that the 'massive audience captured through advertising can bring down the price of goods' ("Advertising," 2012).
Explanation:
In-text citation of quotes and the paraphrase of important points found in encyclopedias without an author, require stating the title of the article, encasing it in quotes and a bracket as well as inputting the year when the article was written.
In the case of the text above that is an Encyclopedia Britannica article without an author, the title of the article was first stated and then this was followed by the year it was published. The same rule was followed for the paraphrase of important points.
