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Chapter 13: Mastery Test 8

A. Choose the fallacy used in each of the following items.

This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
If you don't shop with us, you might as well throw your money away. Only here are you guaranteed to save three cents on every dollar. Shop with us, or lose out on the best deal in town.

 
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Question 2.
Laws are to society what discipline is in the home. Just as children do not understand all the reasons for each and every rule in the house, citizens do not have to understand all the reasons a good law is needed.

 
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Question 3.
The lack of a minimum wage acts upon our society like a cancerous disease destroying the economic health of millions of families.

 
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Question 4.
Those who oppose a minimum wage fear the success of others.

 
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Question 5.
Celine Ortega supports stem cell research just to get the votes of families whose loved ones suffer with disabilities and diseases such as Alzheimers.

 
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Question 6.
B. Choose the propaganda technique used in each of the following items.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. drives a car sponsored by Budwiser in the NASCAR races.

 
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Question 7.
I do not seek public office out of the need for power; indeed I take up the cross of service with the humility of one who is called to fulfill a holy mission.

 
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Question 8.
Buy SureGrip hammers. They were designed with you and your everyday household needs in mind.

 
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Question 9.
We condemn the cowardly and dastardly attack upon the Flag of the United States and the Pledge of Allegiance by Cita Zen, a traitor of all that is decent.

 
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Question 10.

Read the following fictitious advertisement. Identify the detail that was omitted from the advertisement for the purpose of card stacking.

Senator Goodwill says he supports the troops; however, he voted three times against a bill that ensured funding for necessary equipment such as body armor for soldiers fighting in the war.

 
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