Propaganda Strategies Quiz (practice)

creating a false parallel by listing a thing as something it isn't

• Labelling

• Straw Man

• Name Calling

• Glittering Generalities

Providing positive associations without giving any evidence for those positive associations

• Testimonial

• Glittering Generalities

• Appeal to Authority

• Framing

Repeating a piece of information regardless of the truth of that claim.

• Glittering Generalities

• Straw Man

• Framing

• Repetition

A series of bad arguments used to make a reasonable idea seem ridiculous.

• Straw man

• Repetition

• Slippery Slope

• Framing

Pretending to be a regular person in order to gain credibility.

• Plain Folks

• Labelling

• Name Calling

• Appeal to Authority

When someone you care about (often famous) endorses a product

• Straw man

• Appeal to Authority

• Plain Folks

• Testimonial

using names to anchor personality traits to a person or thing.

• Labelling

• Anchoring

• Name Calling

• Straw Man

Willfully misrepresenting a persona or argument and then debating with the misrepresentation.

• Testimonial

• Straw Man

• Labelling

• Framing

Presenting information in the most beneficial way for you without changing any of the facts.

• Name Calling

• Slippery Slope

• Glittering Generalities

• Framing

Using someone's expertise or power to make your argument for you

• Testimonial

• Straw Man

• Appeal to Authority

• Labelling