Teaching Choral Concepts

Review

     Using such literary styles is a blatant statement to the informed reader that the authors are not attempting to report facts, but are consciously and cleverly trying to lead the reader away from making an objective assessment based on the plain, uncolored truths. 

     This tape lists twenty-four of those techniques and defines them so that they can be easily identified and detected. It also shows examples of how they have been used to confuse and deceive the unwary. 

     Every person who has ever been confronted with anti-Mormon literature should listen to this tape--it will give him keys to discernment that can protect him from those who masquerade as truth tellers while trying to lead him astray.

Table of Contents

National Organizations are Objecting to Anti-Mormon Tactics

The Objectives of This Discussion
1. The Unanswerable Falsehood Technique
2. The Out-of-Context Technique
3. The Inflated Issue Technique
4. The Judgmental Opinion Technique
5. Either-Or Argumentation
6. The Misuse of Parallels Technique
7. The Argument from Silence Technique
8. The Conclusion Contrary to Evidence Technique
9. The Specific-to-Generalization Technique
10. The Assumed Characteristics Technique
11. The Bandwagon Logic Technique
12. The Disregarded Evidence Technique
13. The Erroneous Time of Fulfillment Technique
14. The Implied Infallibility Technique
15. The Double Standard of Interpretation Technique
16. The Colored Comment Technique
17. The Redefined Motive Technique
18. The Misquoted Statement Technique
19. The Private Test of Authority Technique
20. The Misleading Headline Technique
21. The Half Truth Technique
22. The Character Assassination Technique
23. The Falsified Quotation Technique
24. The Straw Man Approach

A Review and Quiz on Yellow Journalism Techniques

Questions to Ask When Evaluating Anti-Mormon Materials

How to Respond to Those Who Write and Circulate Anti-Mormon Material

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