Section A Techniques
- Prejudice
- Academic Detachment
- Drawing the Line
- Not Drawing the Line
- Conservatism, Radicalism, Moderatism
- Rationalization
- Wishful Thinking
- Tabloid Thinking
- Causal Oversimplification
- Inconceivability
Section F Techniques
- Diversion
- Disproving a Minor Point
- Ad Hominem
- Appeal to Ignorance
- Leading Question
- Complex Question
- Inconsequent Argument
- Attacking a Straw Man
- Victory by Definition>
- Begging the Question
Propaganda Quiz January 2012
Section A
Why did the teacher give a test on the assigned reading the day after we returned from the Christmas holidays? There was no way any of us could do well!
Section B
Section C
The Giants won their last four games to make the playoffs. "Better late than never," I say.
Section F
Elementary school teacher to college professor who has just addressed the elementary faculty: "How would you know what problems we face in elementary school? You've never even taught high school, much less elementary school. Your ideas are impractical and useless!'
Section B Techniques
- Emotional Terms
- Metaphor and Simile
- Emphasis
- Quotation Out of Context
- Abstract Terms
- Vagueness
- Ambiguity
- Shift of Meaning
Section C Techniques
- Appearance
- Manner
- Degrees and Titles
- Numbers
- Status
- Repetition
- Slogans
- Technical Jargon
- Sophistical Formula