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Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
To favor one side over another
a)
symbolism
b)
Bias
c)
Propaganda
d)
slogans
2.
Communication aimed at convincing others of a particular idea or position
a)
Propaganda
b)
Bias
c)
slogan
d)
Name-calling
3.
Uses facts and figures to show one side as positive and the other side as negative.
a)
Testimonial
b)
Card Stacking
c)
Glittering Generality
d)
Transfer
4.
the technique that uses your feelings about one thing to get you to feel the same way about something else.
a)

Transfer

b)

Testimonial

c)

Card Stacking

d)

Glittering Generality

5.
the technique always shows the subject of the message in a positive light, but provides little or no information.
a)
Transfer
b)
Testimonial
c)
Glittering Generality
d)
Plain Folks
6.
a technique that is designed to send the message that a product or person is "just like you."
a)
Plain Folks
b)
Testimonial
c)
Transfer
d)
Tricks of the Trade
7.

This type of propaganda tells you to base your decision on what someone else (usually someone famous) thinks.

a)

glittering generalities

b)

testimonials

c)

plain folks

d)

bandwagon

8.

This type of propaganda says that most people feel a certain way and so should you.

a)

bandwagon

b)

glittering generalities

c)

plain folks

d)

testimonials

9.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

testimonial

b)

plain folks

c)

name calling

d)

bandwagon

10.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

plain folks

b)

glittering generalities

c)

testimonial

d)

bandwagon

11.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

plain folks

b)

glittering generalities

c)

bandwagon

d)

card stacking

12.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

plain folks

b)

testimonial

c)

bandwagon

d)

glittering generalities

13.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

testimonial

b)

bandwagon

c)

card stacking

d)

glittering generalities

14.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

card stacking

b)

bandwagon

c)

name calling

d)

plain folks

15.

Propaganda is used to:

a)

inform

b)

entertain

c)

persuade

d)

worry

16.

What type of propaganda is this?

a)

bandwagon

b)

testimonials

c)

card stacking

d)

glittering generalities

17.

A candidate for Governor of Florida is seen at a local pizza shop shaking hands and talking with people. Which form of propaganda is this?

a)

bandwagon

b)

plain folks

c)

glittering generalities

d)

name calling

18.

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

a)

ad hominem

b)

red herring

c)

circular logic/Begging the Question

d)

straw man

19.

Mother: It’s bedtime Jane Jane: Mom, how do ants feed their babies? Mother: Don’t know dear, close your eyes now. Jane: But mama, do ant babies cry when they’re hungry?

a)

straw man

b)

non sequitur

c)

red herring

d)

hasty generalization

20.

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

a)

slippery slope

b)

red herring

c)

circular reasoning

d)

hasty generalization

21.

If we use just one more can of hairspray this month, earth as we know it will no longer exist.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

slippery slope

c)

red herring

d)

straw man

22.

We either ban hairspray or the world will end.

a)

slippery slope

b)

non sequitur

c)

either/or (black/white) (binary)

d)

moral equivalence

23.

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

a)

ad hominem

b)

circular reasoning

c)

straw man

d)

red herring

24.

If you allow one student to take an online course, soon

everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Ambiguity

d)

Insufficient Evidence

25.

If you eat a good diet, you will never have a heart attack.

a)

Misplaced cause and effect

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Ambiguity

d)

Hasty Generalization

26.

Only a selfish, non-caring person would believe that this is ok.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Appeals to emotion

d)

Slippery Slope

27.

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

a)

appeal to nature

b)

ad hominem

c)

non sequitur

d)

bandwagon fallacy

28.

Substituting a person's actual position with a misrepresented (and usually weaker) version of their argument.

a)

straw man argument

b)

appeal to nature

c)

non sequitur

d)

guilt by association

29.

An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.

a)

straw man argument

b)

false causation

c)

red herring

d)

hasty generalization

30.
The appeal to emotion is also called
a)
pathos
b)
logos
c)
ethos
31.
An appeal to trust, credibility, and ethics is __________.
a)
Logos
b)
Pathos
c)
Ethos
d)
Burritos
32.
an appeal used to persuade someone by reason
a)
logos
b)
ethos
c)
reasoning
d)
argument