To be an effective researcher and writer, you need to read effectively.

You need to be critical of the information and arguments that you read to be able to make your own judgments about them.

To read critically, you have to distinguish between correct and incorrect reasoning.

In making inferences, be sure not to assume too much by going beyond the available information; otherwise, your inferences might be incorrect.

Every time we do critical reading, we also do critical thinking

In the testimonial technique, propagandists rely on a infamous person’s endorsement to give a product or cause a stamp of approval, hoping that the intended audience will follow the admired personality’s example.

Transfer is synonymous with mudslinging or character assassination.

The bandwagon method makes you (or any reader or viewer) thinks that since everyone else is doing something, you are not expected to do it to.

A propagandist resorts to card stacking to make the best case possible for his argument and the worst case for counter argument.

Name calling technique makes use of a kind of reasoning that influences the targeted audience to transfer their positive feelings about something to a product or idea being promoted.

Detect the bias in this statement. I wouldn’t entrust that care center with the care of my baby. Several of the assistants are men, and I know they can’t care for children as well as women can.

"Get behind the wheel of the most popular car on the road today." What propaganda technique is used in the statement?

Sports start: "I've tried every brand of pain-relief medication on the market, and, believe me, nothing out there works better than Pain-off." What propaganda technique is used in the statement?