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| 10534686394 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 0 | |
| 10534691247 | ad populum (bandwagon appeal) | This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do." | 1 | |
| 10534693285 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 2 | |
| 10534696089 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 3 | |
| 10534697572 | Analogy | A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things | 4 | |
| 10534708917 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or lines | 5 | |
| 10534711126 | anecdote | a brief story used to illustrate a point or claim | 6 | |
| 10534714527 | annotation | the taking of notes directly on a text | 7 | |
| 10534720150 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 8 | |
| 10534721023 | Antithesis | opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction | 9 | |
| 10534722614 | appeal to false authority | This fallacy occurs when someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority. | 10 | |
| 10534728070 | archaic diction | old-fashioned or outdated choice of words | 11 | |
| 10534729775 | argument | A process of reasoned inquiry; a persuasive discourse resulting in a coherent and considered movement from a claim to a conclusion. | 12 | |
| 10534732766 | Aristotelian triangle | See rhetorical triangle | 13 | |
| 10534734546 | assertion | a statement that presents a claim or thesis | 14 | |
| 10534736192 | assumption | see warrant | 15 | |
| 10534738953 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 16 | |
| 10534743031 | audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text | 17 | |
| 10534744774 | Backing | In the Toulmin model, backing consists of further assurances or data without which the assumption lacks authority. | 18 | |
| 10534747522 | bandwagon appeal | see ad populum fallacy | 19 |
