emotional appeal

emotional appeal
/ɪˌməυʃ(ə)n(ə)l ə'pi:l/ noun
an attempt by advertising to persuade through an emotional rather than a rational message
The charity used the emotional appeal of starving children to raise funds.
Emotional appeal was an obvious feature in all the political parties’ campaign films.

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