“You should vote for the bill because you are a democrat.  Only bad democrats wouldn’t vote for it.”

Trait of Critical Thinkers where person is interested in understanding what is happening in the message and ask questions of the message, breaking it into its individual components and examining each in turn.

When using statistics, you should ALWAYS use the exact number – never round numbers up or down.

What is the term that we defined in class as: an individual’s perception of usefulness, importance, or worth of something.

Trait of Critical Thinkers where the person avoids jumping to conclusion – systematically examine a message looking for certain criteria or conditions in order to accept or reject an idea.

The majority of people believe advertisers should spend more money on billboards, so billboards are objectively the best form of advertisement.  

Informative speeches give the audience new information, but they can’t affect how people see s subject and can’t influence what is seen as important by virtue of directing attention to the subject.

 “If we allow the government to infringe upon our right to privacy on the Internet, it will then feel free to infringe upon our privacy on the telephone. After that, FBI agents will be reading our mail. Then they will be placing cameras in our houses. We must not let any governmental agency interfere with our Internet communications, or privacy will completely vanish in the United States.”  

“Either you drink Burpsy Cola, or you will have no friends and no social life.”

Trait of Critical Thinkers where the person is curious by nature – asks questions about what is going on around them and in a message – want to know more and take action to learn more.