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This week we learned about propaganda, its focus, purpose and some types of propaganda. Whenever we think of propaganda we usually think of something bad since the most popular type of propaganda that we are used to, is the one that we see whenever the elections are close, and we have a bunch of politicians trying to glorify themselves or make their competitor look bad. Although that is part of the concept, we can also use the very same tool as a way to spread information or ideas to help and institution/person, just like the picture that we see in this blog, where it's motivating us to unite and fight this crisis together. To have a better understanding about this topic here are the types of propaganda that we learned about: Bandwagon: everyone does it/ peer pressure Emotional Appeal: evokes emotion in the public instead of logic thoughts Testimonial: when a celebrity or a public figure endorse it We then moved on to the activity where we learned about productivity habits, I kn...

 This week we learned about Persuasive writing we saw how important is for the marketing experts to convince you to either buy their products or use their services. There's a lot of ways to create a persuasive text since the Ads that you see on the TV or the pop-ups you get whenever you go online are not the only way to convince the public, you can also see magazines as a way to not just entertain but also inform. As part of the activities for this week, we had to create a magazine and share with the class an ad that was memorable. I'm not actually into marketing, but I like funny, silly things like Dad jokes or things that are not meant to be funny because they're bad, but you can't help but laugh because it sucks.  That's exactly the reason why I like Open English advertisement campaign. These ads are not long, they don't have a meaningful message that changes your life, but it makes you laugh because the man in the add is beyond salvation due his lack of awar...

 I enjoy listening to music, reading mangas, webtoons and whatever that draws my attention. I'm currently studying to be a translator and I really enjoy watching true crime shows or spooky stuff.