Propaganda Quiz – December 2020

The Propaganda sections played in the 2020-2021 tournament year are B, C, D, and E.

Section B
  1. Emotional Terms
  2. Metaphor and Simile
  3. Emphasis
  4. Quotation Out of Context
  5. Abstract Terms
  6. Vagueness
  7. Ambiguity
  8. Shift of Meaning
College student: “Professor, you keep using the term ‘civil rights.’ Exactly what does that mean?”
Professor: “If you don’t know what ‘civil rights’ means, you don’t belong in this class.”

Section C
  1. Appearance
  2. Manner
  3. Degrees and Titles
  4. Numbers
  5. Status
  6. Repetition
  7. Slogans
  8. Technical Jargon
  9. Sophistical Formula
Ad for Wired Magazine: “Get More Artificial Intelligence. Get More Robots. Get More Ideas. Get More Rockets. Get More Informed.”

Section D
  1. Appeal to Pity
  2. Appeal to Flattery
  3. Appeal to Ridicule
  4. Appeal to Prestige
  5. Appeal to Prejudice
  6. Bargain Appeal
  7. Folksy Appeal
  8. Join the Bandwagon Appeal
  9. Appeal to Practical Consequences
  10. Passing from the Acceptable to the Dubious
Student to teacher: “My mom is this school’s biggest donor. So you should really reconsider that C you gave me on my latest paper.”

Section E
  1. Concurrency
  2. Post Hoc
  3. Selected Instances
  4. Hasty Generalization
  5. Faulty Analogy
  6. Composition
  7. Division
  8. Non Sequitur
Samantha: “A driver with a New York license plate cut me off in traffic the other day. Watch out when you see a New York license plate. The driver can’t be trusted.”

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