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Miscellaneous
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What is to call upon an individual or other source as an expert to give credence to an argument made by an author of a work?
Appeal to Authority
100
What is an inclination of temperament or outlook; a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment?
Bias
100
What type of technique did Squealer, from Animal Farm, use to spread the ideas of Napoleon?
Propaganda
100
What is it called when Justin Bieber advertised for Pro Active?
Testimonial
100
What is the spreading of ideas, information or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause or a person?
Propaganda
200
What is the quality or state of offering reasonable grounds for being believed?
Credibility
200
What is a method used in speaking or writing to get an audience to agree with the speaker or writer’s point of view?
Persuasive Technique
200
What is an example of Bais?
Various Answers: In politics, when the Democrats speak, you only hear their side of the story and they are going to bash and say only the bad about the Republicans.
200
What is "Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gels; Are you gellin'? an example of?
Bandwagon
200
What are some specific techniques that are used in persuasive techniques?
Rhetorical questions, similes, metaphors, ect.
300
What is a point or statement in opposition to the argument being made in a written document or speech?
Counter-Argument
300
What is a propaganda technique based on quotations or endorsements from famous people, in or out of context, that attempts to connect a famous or respectable person with a product or item?
Testimonial
300
What would it be called if the President would say, "Vote for me and I will reduce taxes for 95% of the people," but then once he is voted in he says, "But not for this country."
Bait and Switch
300
What are our speeches, which consists of rhetorical questions, similes, metaphors, ect., an example of?
Persuasive Technique
300
What technique should not be used and is considered a fraud?
Bait and Switch
400
What is a tactic in which a customer is attracted by the advertisement of a low-priced item but is then encouraged to buy a higher-priced one?
Bait and Switch
400
What is a fallacy in which one is attracted to a popular part, faction or cause that attracts growing support; following the crowd rather than using evidence to justify a conclusion?
Bandwagon
400
What technique is it, if there was a baby or little child that was on something for an advertisement, like a fruit snacks box?
Transfer
400
What is the following an example of: Be hot. Be cool. Just be.
Glittering Generalities
400
What is the difference between testimonial and bandwagon?
Testimonial usually has a famous person associated with a product to get people to use it because a famous person is using it, and bandwagon is when people get or go for something because a lot of people are, or "everyone has it".
500
What is a propaganda technique in which words have different positive meanings for individual subjects but are linked to highly valued concepts?
Glittering Generalities
500
What is a persuasive technique in which a product is associated with something attractive or respectable?
Transfer
500
What is it called if one person claims that a brick is red, but another person claims it is to be more burgundy?
Counter-Argument
500
What is the following an example of: "Albert Einstein was extremely impressed with this theory."?
Appeal to Authority
500
What is an example of glittering generalities?
Various Answers: “Miracle Diet Tea! Loose weight just by drinking tea! Our Miracle Diet Tea helps you to lose weight by absorbing most of the fat you eat before it is digested. Studies have shown that Miracle Diet Tea has helped millions of Americans! Thousands of doctors attest to the effectiveness of Miracle Diet Tea!”