10B U4 Persuasion for class

Which of the following are examples of the Bandwagon (aka Ad Populum) fallacy?

• 90% of Americans believe that we should invade Canada, so clearly, that it the right choice.

• You can't trust her. She has been convicted of a crime.

• You should let me go on this trip because everyone else is going.

• Will said that we should fund health & education, Warren responded saying he was surprised Will hates our country so much that he would leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

Which faulty argument is "directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining?"

• Bandwagon Appeal

• Ad Hominem Appeal

• Slippery Slope Appeal

Which logical fallacy "is an argument in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect?"

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

Select the fallacy being used.

• bandwagon

• either/or

• hasty generalization

• false analogy

What is an anaphora?

• Repetition of word in a sentence

• Word choice

• The sentence structure

What would be an example of anaphora

• She told him yesterday

  I'll tell him today

  he will be reminded of this.

  He should not forget.

• I told him yesterday

  I told him today

  I told him many times

  I'll remind him tomorrow

Which propaganda technique is used here?

• Testimonial
• Name calling
• Ad nauseam (repetition)
• Emotional appeal

uses vague words and phrases

• glittering generalities

• testimonial

• stereotyping

• appeal to fear

What is this ad an example of?

• stereotype

• glittering generalities

• bandwagon

• ad nauseum