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| 3872939559 | proliferate | increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. | 0 | |
| 3887093646 | antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 1 | |
| 4136524961 | Counterargument Thesis | consider a possible argument against your thesis or some aspect of your reasoning. | 2 | |
| 4136528386 | zeugma | one verb or adjective having multiple and incongruous objects | 3 | |
| 4136528298 | claim of policy | a claim or statement that proposes a change | 4 | |
| 4136526847 | polemical | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc | 5 | |
| 4136541192 | Syllogism | A logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion. | 6 | |
| 4136524462 | hasty generalization | meaning that there is not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion | 7 | |
| 4136521640 | Refutation | An address concerning the counterargument that serves to create a bridge between the writer's proof and conclusion. Appeals to logos. | 8 | |
| 4136533490 | assumption | something taken for granted | 9 | |
| 4136531371 | syllogism | logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion | 10 | |
| 4136533322 | hortative | referring to sentences that urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action | 11 | |
| 4136552245 | imperative sentence | A sentence used to command or enjoin. | 12 | |
| 4136540306 | qualifier | words used to temper the claim, making it less absolute (usually, probably, maybe, in most cases, and most likely) | 13 | |
| 4136538063 | Rebuttal | gives voice to possible objections | 14 | |
| 4136540345 | propagandistic | pertaining to propaganda or propagandists | 15 | |
| 4136533163 | concession | 16 | ||
| 4136538309 | consternation | feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected | 17 | |
| 4136539893 | Rogerian arguments | based on the assumption that having a full understanding of an opposing position is essential to responding to it persuasivley and refuting it in a way that is accommodating rather than alienating | 18 | |
| 4136577320 | open thesis | does not list all the points the writer intends to cover in the essay | 19 | |
| 4136564031 | satire | a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad | 20 | |
| 4136563314 | oxymoron | juxtaposition of two words with oppositemeanings | 21 | |
| 4136554847 | Fallacy | potential vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument | 22 | |
| 4136569926 | closed thesis | a statement of the main idea of the argument that also previews the major points the writer intends to make | 23 | |
| 4136536726 | inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence | 24 | |
| 4136553654 | Warrant | IN the Toulmin Model, the warrant expresses the assumption necessarily shared by the speaker and the audience. | 25 | |
| 4147212309 | ad populum | (bandwagon appeal) a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because most people believe it is. | 26 | |
| 4157443954 | Archaic Diction | Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words | 27 | |
| 4186662871 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on | 28 |
