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| 14609061784 | ad hominem fallacy | person's character or motive is attacked instead of that person's argument | 0 | |
| 14609063206 | ad populum fallacy | widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make it true or right | 1 | |
| 14609065744 | Allegory | each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 2 | |
| 14609066780 | Allusion | reference to something of the common knowledge | 3 | |
| 14609071346 | Analogy | comparison between something complex and something simple | 4 | |
| 14609074918 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 5 | |
| 14609077159 | anticlimax | a sudden drop in the story | 6 | |
| 14609080221 | Appeal to Authority | citation of information from people recognized for their special knowledge of a subject for the purpose of strengthening a speaker or writer's arguments | 7 | |
| 14609081847 | Argumentation | exploring a problem by examining all sides of it | 8 | |
| 14609085379 | begging the question | a fallacy of logical argument that assumes as true the very thing that one is trying to prove | 9 | |
| 14609085816 | cause and effect | something causing another thing to happen | 10 | |
| 14609088212 | chronological ordering | arrangement in the order in which things occur | 11 | |
| 14609089043 | classification as a means of ordering | arrangement of objects according to class | 12 | |
| 14609091525 | colloquial expression | words and phrases used in everyday speech but avoided in formal writing | 13 | |
| 14609092814 | damning with faint praise | intentional use of a positive statement that has a negative implication | 14 | |
| 14609093305 | deduction | A form of reasoning that begins with a generalization, then applies the generalization to a specific case or cases. | 15 | |
| 14609094170 | digression | straying from main point | 16 | |
| 14609095058 | ellipsis | Leaving out elements of a sentence | 17 | |
| 14609095794 | euphemism | use of a word that is less direct, but that is less distasteful or offensive than another | 18 | |
| 14609099165 | expository writing | writing that explains or analyzes | 19 | |
| 14609100740 | false dilemma | focusing on one possible negative outcome without consideration of other possibilities | 20 | |
| 14609108348 | hyperbole | exaggeration | 21 | |
| 14609109337 | Imagery | lively descriptions which impress the images of thing upon the mind; figures of speech | 22 | |
| 14609113980 | induction | A form or reasoning which works from a body of facts to the formulation of a generalization; frequently used in science and history. | 23 | |
| 14609115482 | inverted syntax | reversing the normal word order of a sentence | 24 | |
| 14609117138 | irony | method of humorous or sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the opposite of their usual meaning | 25 | |
| 14609124378 | litnotes | in rhetoric, a figure in which an affirmative is expressed by a negation of the contrary. | 26 | |
| 14609126069 | metaphor | figure of speech comparing two different things | 27 | |
| 14609127496 | non sequitur | A statement that does not follow logically from evidence | 28 | |
| 14609128851 | order of importance | a method of organizing a paper according to the relative significance of the subtopics | 29 | |
| 14609129244 | oxymoron | contradictory terms or ideas are combined; thunderous silence | 30 | |
| 14609145044 | parable | short story from which a lesson may be drawn | 31 | |
| 14609145046 | parallel syntactic structures | using the same part of speech or syntactic structure in (1) each element of a series, (2) before and after coordinating conjunctions (and, but, yet, or, for, nor), and (3) after each of a pair of correlative conjunctions (not only...but also, neither...nor, both...and, etc.). Below are examples for definitions (1) and (3):Over the hill, through the woods, and to grandmother's house we go. (3) That vegetable is both rich in vitamins and low in calories. | 32 | |
| 14609145045 | paradox | seems contradictory but is true | 33 | |
| 14609145047 | parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. | 34 | |
| 14609146549 | pedantry | a pretentious display of knowledge | 35 | |
| 14609149838 | personification | inanimate objects are given human characteristics | 36 | |
| 14609151917 | periodic sentence structure | sentence that has the meaning at the end; therefore it cannot be understood until fully read | 37 | |
| 14609157745 | persuasion | taking a single position for the purpose of getting others to accept that position; may appeal to emotion or reason | 38 | |
| 14609158729 | point of view | the way the story is told | 39 | |
| 14609159951 | post hoc fallacy | This fallacy of logic occurs when the writer assumes that an incident that precedes another is the cause of the second incident | 40 | |
| 14609160747 | rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively | 41 | |
| 14609161764 | rhetorical question | a question needing no answer | 42 | |
| 14609162414 | satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. | 43 | |
| 14609164579 | simile | comparison using like or as | 44 | |
| 14609166152 | spatial ordering | top bottom left right | 45 | |
| 14609167354 | syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 46 | |
| 14609168557 | symbol | something that stands for another thing | 47 | |
| 14609169078 | syntax | in grammar, the arrangement of words as elements in a sentence to show their relationships | 48 | |
| 14609169888 | tone | the way of wording or expression | 49 | |
| 14609171677 | understatement | seeing something as less than it truly is | 50 |
