Propaganda Quiz – April 2017

  • 29 April, 2017
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The Propaganda sections played in the 2016-2017 tournament year: A B D E

Section A
  1. Prejudice
  2. Academic Detachment
  3. Drawing the Line
  4. Not Drawing the Line
  5. Conservatism, Radicalism, Moderatism
  1. Rationalization
  2. Wishful Thinking
  3. Tabloid Thinking
  4. Causal Oversimplification
  5. Inconceivability
In 1961, the administration of President John F. Kennedy believed that, if overpowered by Cuban forces, the CIA-backed rebels could “escape destruction by melting into the countryside” in the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Section B
  1. Emotional Terms
  2. Metaphor and Simile
  3. Emphasis
  4. Quotation Out of Context
  1. Abstract Terms
  2. Vagueness
  3. Ambiguity
  4. Shift of Meaning
Reporter: “How many people will lose their medical insurance coverage under this new bill?”
Congressman: “Not as many as the press has reported.”

Section D
  1. Appeal to Pity
  2. Appeal to Flattery
  3. Appeal to Ridicule
  4. Appeal to Prestige
  5. Appeal to Prejudice
  1. Bargain Appeal
  2. Folksy Appeal
  3. Join the Bandwagon Appeal
  4. Appeal to Practical Consequences
  5. Passing from the Acceptable to the Dubious
Mailing to university alumni: “Keep TCU in the Family. The Legacy Scholarship Program was established in 2010 to encourage the children, grandchildren and siblings of alumni to attend TCU and keep the Horned Frog tradition in their family. Support this TCU tradition by making a 100% tax-deductible donation today.”

Section E – All Divisions
  1. Concurrency
  2. Post Hoc
  3. Selected Instances
  4. Hasty Generalization
  1. Faulty Analogy
  2. Composition
  3. Division
  4. Non Sequitur
When Sam Scott was governor of Florida, the economy of the State increased by over 50%. Tax revenues skyrocketed. I’m glad he was elected for another term.

Section E – Jr/Sr Divisions
  1. Concurrency
  2. Post Hoc
  3. Selected Instances
  4. Hasty Generalization
  1. Faulty Analogy
  2. Composition
  3. Division
  4. Non Sequitur
Joey looked at the pizza box tied with a ribbon on the dining room table. He told his brother, “Mom said she would bring home either a pepperoni pizza or a sausage pizza for supper tonight. I got close but I can’t smell the pepperoni. So it must be a sausage pizza.”

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