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| 12139935512 | Ad Hominem Fallacy | when speakers attack the person making the argument and not the argument itself |  | 0 |
| 12139940633 | Ad Populum Fallacy | basing a claim on popular opinion |  | 1 |
| 12139949407 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds |  | 2 |
| 12139955825 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art |  | 3 |
| 12139966878 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way |  | 4 |
| 14687276910 | Anaphora | the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences |  | 5 |
| 14687280491 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order |  | 6 |
| 14687301639 | Antithesis (Rhetoric) | a figure of speech in which a contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are opposites ("hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins".) |  | 7 |
| 14687304738 | appeal to false authority fallacy | This fallacy occurs when someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority. |  | 8 |
| 14687312849 | Archaic Diction | old-fashioned or outdated choice of words |  | 9 |
| 14687316311 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words |  | 10 |
| 14687319595 | Audience | the listener, viewer, or reader of a text |  | 11 |
| 14687321859 | Circular Reasoning Fallacy | basing a claim on the same claim reworded in slightly different terms |  | 12 |
| 14687325342 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence |  | 13 |
| 14687328007 | Claim of fact | asserts that something is true or not true |  | 14 |
| 14687333651 | Claim of policy | proposes a change |  | 15 |
| 14687336145 | Claim of value | argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong |  | 16 |
| 14687338114 | classical oration | introduction, narration, confirmation, refutation, conclusion |  | 17 |
| 14687340997 | classification | The process of grouping things based on their similarities |  | 18 |
| 14687342931 | concession | Something given up or yielded |  | 19 |
| 14687344312 | connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word |  | 20 |
| 14687347097 | counterargument thesis statement | a summary of the counterargument, usually qualified by although or but, precedes the writer's opinion | 21 | |
| 14687354647 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument |  | 22 |
| 14687357055 | cumulative sentence | sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on |  | 23 |
| 14687363539 | deductive reasoning | general to specific |  | 24 |
| 14687365615 | denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |  | 25 |
| 14687368107 | diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words |  | 26 |
| 14687370091 | either/or fallacy | oversimplifying an issue as offering only two choices |  | 27 |
| 14687373053 | enumeratio | refers to the act of supplying a list of details about something |  | 28 |
| 14687378047 | ethos | beliefs or character of a group |  | 29 |
| 14687381112 | evidence | proof |  | 30 |
| 14687388283 | exigence | the reason the speech needs to be given |  | 31 |
| 14687390563 | faulty analogy fallacy | a comparison drawn between things that are dissimilar in some important way |  | 32 |
| 14687395090 | first-hand evidence | evidence based on something the writer knows |  | 33 |
| 14687400043 | formal diction | dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language |  | 34 |
| 14687404615 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence. |  | 35 |
| 14687405868 | hortative sentence | sentence that calls to action |  | 36 |
| 14687407301 | hyperbole | exaggeration |  | 37 |
| 14687413569 | Hypophora | raising a question then proceeding to answer it |  | 38 |
| 14687415625 | imperative sentence | gives a command |  | 39 |
| 14687419033 | inductive reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles |  | 40 |
| 14687421724 | informal diction | found in relaxed but polite and cultivated conversation |  | 41 |
| 14687423360 | inversion | turning inward |  | 42 |
| 14687425375 | irony | A contrast between expectation and reality |  | 43 |
| 14687427882 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts |  | 44 |
| 14687432636 | litotes | understatement |  | 45 |
| 14687434209 | logical fallacy | a mistake in reasoning |  | 46 |
| 14687438385 | logos | an appeal based on logic or reason |  | 47 |
| 14687439875 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as |  | 48 |
| 14687441896 | neutral diction | correct language characterized by directness and simplicity |  | 49 |
| 14687444918 | occasion | special event |  | 50 |
| 14687448157 | open thesis statement | one that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover in an essay |  | 51 |
| 14687449165 | Oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence') |  | 52 |
| 14687452883 | parallelism | similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |  | 53 |
| 14687456244 | pathos | Appeal to emotion |  | 54 |
| 14687457982 | periodic sentence | sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end |  | 55 |
| 14687459834 | Personification | the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |  | 56 |
| 14687462057 | polemical | controversial |  | 57 |
| 14687465985 | post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy | assumes that because one event happened after another, then the preceding event caused the event that followed |  | 58 |
| 14687468968 | Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. |  | 59 |
| 14687472436 | purpose | the goal the speaker wants to achieve |  | 60 |
| 14687474695 | red herring fallacy | the use of irrelevant material to divert attention |  | 61 |
| 14687476280 | refutation | a denial of the validity of an opposing argument |  | 62 |
| 14687480115 | Rhetoric | effective writing or speaking |  | 63 |
| 14687483818 | rhetorical appeal | the persuasive device by which a writer tries to sway the audience's attention and response to any given work |  | 64 |
| 14687485703 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected. |  | 65 |
| 14687491301 | rhetorical situation | a circumstance calling for a public response |  | 66 |
| 14687493035 | rhetorical triangle | A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text. |  | 67 |
| 14687494719 | rogerian argument | acknowledges the validity of the opposition's positions rather than attacking them |  | 68 |
| 14687496387 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. |  | 69 |
| 14687499089 | second-hand evidence | evidence accessed through research, reading, and investigation |  | 70 |
| 14687500654 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |  | 71 |
| 14687502207 | situational irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected |  | 72 |
| 14687504540 | speaker | creates and delivers a written, oral, visionary text |  | 73 |
| 14687506767 | straw man fallacy | a statement that refutes a claim that was never made |  | 74 |
| 14687508579 | subject | who or what the text is about |  | 75 |
| 14687510291 | Syllogism | three-part deduction |  | 76 |
| 14687512581 | Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole |  | 77 |
| 14687514981 | text | written words |  | 78 |
| 14687518540 | thesis statement | a statement or sentence that states the purpose of a paper or essay |  | 79 |
| 14687520611 | tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character |  | 80 |
| 14687522032 | toulmin model | an approach to analyzing and constructing arguments |  | 81 |
| 14687523615 | Understatement | A statement that says less than what is meant |  | 82 |
| 14687526667 | verbal irony | sarcasm |  | 83 |
| 14687529400 | zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses |  | 84 |
| 14713504537 | Context | The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes, and events surrounding a text. | 85 | |
| 14723821969 | Persona | Greek for "mask." The face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience. | 86 |
