Propaganda Quiz – May 2016

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
I can’t in good conscience vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. So I’m hoping a third candidate emerges that I can support. Either way, I’m planning to vote for the other offices and issues on the November ballot.

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
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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
SectionDJimmyCarterThis is President Jimmy Carter giving a talk to the nation from the Oval Office on the need for energy conservation.

Section E
  1. Concurrency
  2. Post Hoc
  3. Selected Instances
  4. Hasty Generalization
  1. Faulty Analogy
  2. Composition
  3. Division
  4. Non Sequitur
Mother to her daughter, a high school junior: “The principal gave a presentation at the Parents Club meeting last night showing how your junior class has improved its standardized test scores every year. So I’m confident you’ll do better on the ACT this Saturday than you did last year.”

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