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| 6521319506 | Idiom | a common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. | 0 | |
| 6521331461 | Invective | a long, emotionally violent, attack using strong, abusive language | 1 | |
| 6521338411 | Appositive | word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning. | 2 | |
| 6521346568 | Clause | grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 3 | |
| 6521350942 | balanced sentence | a sentence in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale. | 4 | |
| 6521362084 | Compound sentence | contains at least two independent clauses but no dependent clauses | 5 | |
| 6521365171 | Complex sentence | contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 6 | |
| 6521372729 | Sentence | group of words that expresses a complete thought | 7 | |
| 6521379349 | Simple sentence | contains only one independent clause | 8 | |
| 6521393816 | Declarative sentence | states an idea. It does not give a command or request, nor does it ask a question. | 9 | |
| 6521398590 | Interrogative Sentence | sentences incorporating interrogative pronouns. | 10 | |
| 6521407657 | Argument | piece of reasoning with one or more premises and a conclusion | 11 | |
| 6521420811 | Concession | accepting at least part or all of an opposing viewpoint. Often used to make one's own argument stronger by demonstrating taht one is willing to accept what is obviously true and reasonable. | 12 | |
| 6521436484 | Contradictions | occurs when one asserts two mutually exclusive propositions | 13 | |
| 6521440555 | Fallacy | attractive but unreliable piece of reasoning | 14 | |
| 6521482962 | Ad hominem | personally attacking your opponents instead of their arguments. | 15 | |
| 6521488478 | Appeal to authority | claim that because someone is famous supports an idea, the idea must be right. | 16 | |
| 6521506034 | Appeal to the bandwagon | claim, evidence for an idea, that many people believe it, or used to believe it, or do it. | 17 | |
| 6521513678 | Appeal to emotion | attempt to replace a logical argument with an appeal to the audience's emotions. | 18 | |
| 6521519881 | Bad analogy | claiming that two situations are highly similar, when they aren't | 19 | |
| 6521526879 | Cliche thinking | using evidence a well-known saying, as if it is proven, or as if it has no exceptions. | 20 | |
| 6521534782 | False cause | assuming that two things happened, the first one caused the second one | 21 | |
| 6521538329 | Hasty generalization | generalization based on too little or unrepresentative data. | 22 | |
| 6521550860 | Non-Sequitur | conclusion that does not follow from its premises; an invalid argument | 23 | |
| 6521556791 | Slippery slope | assumption that once started, a situation will continue to its most extreme. | 24 |
