Question

Click on the box to choose whether the following statement represents a fact or an opinion. Columbus discovered America in 1492.

Answer 1

@Jamierox4ev3r help me with fact or opinion

Answer 2

yes i can definitely do that. THe statement above is a fact

Answer 3

@Mr.ClayLordMath

Answer 4

Click on the box to choose whether the following statement represents a fact or an opinion.

The Reader's Digest is a better magazine than Time.

Answer 5

this is an opinion statement

Answer 6

Test your skill in recognizing fact by clicking on the box to choose whether the following statement represents a fact or an opinion.

Don't be the only one on your block who doesn't have a beautiful lagoon-style pool in the backyard.

Answer 7

bandwagon,strawman are the choices

Answer 8

@Jamierox4ev3r

Answer 9

wait what do u mean by bandwagon and straw man? what are these the choices for?

Answer 10

yeah

Answer 11

i don't see any other choices

Answer 12

Bandwagon. A second propaganda technique is to convince the reader that everyone else believes that a statement is true. One frequently heard advertisement states that nine out of ten Americans use toothpaste with fluoride to protect their teeth from decay. What about that tenth American? Surely, his teeth will all be filled with cavities. This technique may pressure the reader to jump on the bandwagon. The video below brings the bandwagon technique in advertising to life.

The term bandwagon refers to the elaborately decorated wagon that carried the band in an old-time parade. Often these parades were associated with elections; therefore, to jump on the band wagon came to mean join the winning side. Presumably, those not on the bandwagon are losers. Since everyone wants to be a winner, being one who is not on the bandwagon may be difficult.

The bandwagon technique, however, may lead a person to make a decision for the wrong reason. A decision should never be based on the fact that everyone else is doing it. A good way to counteract bandwagon pressure is to ask yourself a couple of questions. If everyone else were doing the opposite, what would I do? If no one else were around, what would I do? If your decision would be different because people around you were different, then you are probably being influenced by the pressure to conform and to jump on the bandwagon.

Straw man fallacy. A fallacy is a false idea or misleading argument. The straw man fallacy is like fighting a scarecrow filled with straw rather than a real opponent. Since ancient times, warriors, soldiers, and knights training for combat have practiced on straw men or dummies. This helps them use their weapons better; however, defeating a straw man is certainly far easier than defeating a real opponent. When a speaker or writer misrepresents his opponent's position (replaces his opponent's real argument with one that is weaker) so that he can defeat it more easily, he is setting up a straw man.

Answer 13

the statement above would be bandwagon

Answer 14

Test your skill in recognizing fallacies by clicking on the appropriate fallacy for the example below.

My opponent would have you believe that lung cancer can be cured simply by posting "No Smoking" signs on anything that stands still.

same choices

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@Jamierox4ev3r

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lol sorry about that, i was briefly aft :/ now this would be an example of straw man