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| 5308979060 | sweeping generalization | making an insupportable statement; these are often absolute statements involving words such as all, always, never, and no one that allow no exceptions; can also be stereotypes |  | 0 |
| 5308986673 | either/or fallacy | assuming that a complicated question has only two answers, one good and one bad, both good or both bad |  | 1 |
| 5308986674 | litotes | a type of meiosis (understatement) in which the writer uses a statement in the negative to create the effect |  | 2 |
| 5308988478 | meiosis | Understatement, the opposite of exaggeration | 3 | |
| 5308988479 | juxtaposition | An act or instance of placing words/phrases/images close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast |  | 4 |
| 5308991516 | antithesis | the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite |  | 5 |
| 5308991517 | oxymoron | A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. |  | 6 |
| 5308993541 | anastrophe | the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses |  | 7 |
| 5308993542 | catalogue | Creating long lists for poetic or rhetorical effect. |  | 8 |
| 5308999908 | rhetorical question | Question not asked for information but for effect |  | 9 |
