Q3: Lesson 5 | Propaganda

Question 1

a sustained, organized campaign
to influence others to accept a decision.
Propaganda differs from a debate in that only one
side of a proposition is given.

Answer 1

propaganda

Question 2

is a pejorative term (expressing
contempt or disapproval), especially if it makes
use of the technique known as “the big lie.”

Answer 2

propaganda

Question 3

Aims to persuade you to buy a product or to
subscribe to an idea. Persuade you to believe new
and progressive ideas, but it can also present lies and
twist your beliefs.

Answer 3

propaganda

Question 4

It persuades you by using techniques of speaking
and writing that appeal to your wishes and emotions
rather than to your reason.

Answer 4

propaganda

Question 5

easily heads that list of fallacies in
propaganda. It means “get personal,” that is, divert
the reader’s attention from the facts by questioning
the integrity, morality, intelligence, etc., of the
speaker or writer.

Answer 5

name calling

Question 6

trash-talking another product or
person.

This is used to make us reject and condemn a person
or idea without examining what the label really
means.

Answer 6

name calling

Question 7

Means sweeping statements without basis.

Answer 7

hasty or false generalizations

Question 8

Refer to the statements made by prominent and much-admired
people recommending a product or an idea as excellent. You are
not expected to look into the qualifications of the person making
the testimonial or the qualities of the product. You are expected to
accept the product or the idea because of the prestige and
authority of the one writing the testimonial.

Answer 8

testimonials

Question 9

Gets its name from the practice of having a wagon
carrying a band lead a parade. A propagandist uses the
bandwagon technique when he/she appeals to your
desire to belong to a group.

Answer 9

bandwagon

Question 10

It is the technique whereby the propaganda makes you
accept the person, idea, or thing by showing that it is
related to other people, ideas, or things that have proved
to be good or beneficial.

Answer 10

transfer

Question 11

an appeal that helps a person imagine
himself as part of a picture.

Answer 11

transfer

Question 12

It is deliberately withholding information, manipulating
or “correcting” statistics, or even lying about a product,
a person, or an idea.

Answer 12

card stacking

Question 13

-distortion of data or OUT OF CONTEXT or CHERRY
PICKING

Answer 13

card stacking

Question 14

This technique is used to convince the audience by using
selected information and not presenting the complete
story.

Answer 14

card stacking