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| 6763653059 | hypophora | Consists of raising one or more questions and then proceeding to answer them, usually at some length. |  | 0 |
| 6763653060 | antimetabole | Repetition in reverse order |  | 1 |
| 6763653061 | liotes | understatement by using double negatives ("not too bad", "she is not a beauty queen"); a type of understatement | 2 | |
| 6763653062 | meiosis | understatement used for effect; a type of understatement; may use sarcasm belittles or downplays details | 3 | |
| 6763653063 | irony | A literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true. | 4 | |
| 6763653064 | asyndeton | A construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions |  | 5 |
| 6763653065 | polysyndeton | Deliberate use of many conjunctions |  | 6 |
| 6763653066 | syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. |  | 7 |
| 6763653067 | enthymeme | A syllogism in which the major premises is unstated and widely known and accepted | 8 | |
| 6763653068 | deductive reasoning | inference by reasoning from the general to the specific | 9 | |
| 6763653069 | inductive reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations; collection of observable data that leads to a conclusion | 10 | |
| 6763653070 | claim | An assertion (belief), usually supported by evidence | 11 | |
| 6763653071 | classical argument | a six-part approach to making an argument that includes a section of each of the following: exordium (introduction), narratio (background information), proposition (thesis), confirmation(proof), refutation (addressing counterarguments), peroratio (conclusion) | 12 | |
| 6763653072 | warrant | an underlying assumption or basic principle that connects data and claim; often implied rather than explicit | 13 | |
| 6763653073 | Toulmin method | - effective way of getting the how and why levels of the arguments we read (includes claim/qualifier, data, warrant, backing and rebuttal) |  | 14 |
| 6763653074 | claim of fact | A claim that asserts the factual reality of something; can be proven or verified with data | 15 | |
| 6763653075 | claim of definition | claiming what something is, what it's like, or how its interpreted Answer questions about how to define something or classify it | 16 | |
| 6763653076 | claim of value | A claim maintaining that something is good or bad, beneficial or detrimental, or another evaluative criterion | 17 | |
| 6763653077 | claim of policy | A claim maintaining that a course of action should or should not be taken; describes a problem and suggests an organizational way to solve it | 18 | |
| 6763653078 | claim of cause and effect | A claim that focuses on the connections between events and outcomes. | 19 | |
| 6763653079 | backing | shows the logic used in the warrant is realistic in theory; doesn't necessarily prove the claim just supports your warrant | 20 | |
| 6763653080 | qualifier | words like usually, probably, maybe, in most cases, and most likely that are used to limit or propose conditions on claims | 21 | |
| 6763653081 | rebuttal | refutation; response with contrary evidence | 22 | |
| 6763653082 | counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. | 23 | |
| 6763653083 | simple sentence | a sentence with one independent clause ex. The children played in the snow. | 24 | |
| 6763653084 | complex sentence | a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses ex. Ethan was aware that, in regard to the important question of surgical intervention, the female opinion of the neighborhood was divided, some glorying in the prestige conferred by operations while others shunned them as indelicate. | 25 | |
| 6763653085 | compound sentence | a sentence with two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction ex. Her pleadings still came to him between short sobs, but he no longer heard what she was saying. | 26 | |
| 6763653086 | compound-complex sentence | a sentence with two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses ex. He bent down, feeling in the obscurity for the glassy slide worn by preceding coasters, and placed the runners carefully between its edges. | 27 | |
| 6763653087 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. The independent clause is at the end of the sentence | 28 | |
| 6763653088 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |  | 29 |
| 6763653089 | Declarative Sentence | puts a thought in the form of a declaration, opinion, belief, or assertion | 30 | |
| 6763653090 | Interrogative | puts a thought into a question | 31 | |
| 6763653091 | Imperative Sentence | gives a command -authoritative expresses a command or request | 32 | |
| 6763653092 | Exclamatory Sentence | makes an exclamation | 33 | |
| 6763653093 | anastrophe | Inversion of the natural or usual word order | 34 | |
| 6763653094 | metonymy | A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it; can be used to represent a concept |  | 35 |
| 6763653095 | satire | A literary technique in which human vices, groups, institutions, beliefs, etc. are ridiculed or criticized. | 36 | |
| 6763653096 | burlesque | derives its humor from exaggerated imitation of a more serious work or a parody that ridicules a serious literary work by treating its solemn subject in an undignified style | 37 | |
| 6763653097 | monologue | The satirist usually is speaking behind a thinly veiled mask. He states his view of a problem, cites examples, and endeavors to impose his views on the reader/listener. | 38 | |
| 6763653098 | parody | The satirist takes an existing work and makes it look ridiculous; not simply imitation; must wound the original: point out faults, emphasize weaknesses | 39 | |
| 6763653099 | narrative | Here the author does not appear. The novel speaks for itself. Satire must be interpreted more closely on the part of the reader. | 40 | |
| 6763653100 | invective | harsh abusive language | 41 | |
| 6763653102 | caricature | An exaggerated representation of a character; a cartoon-like portrait in art or literature Increases weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group. | 42 | |
| 6763653103 | absurdum | An argument whereby one seeks to prove one's position by pointing out the absurdity or foolishness of an opponent's position. | 43 | |
| 6763653104 | juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 44 | |
| 6763653105 | incongruity | To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings | 45 | |
| 6763653106 | cumulative sentence | a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of dependent clauses or phrases |  | 46 |
| 6763653107 | periodic sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in the main clause at the end of the sentence. The dependent clauses come first and the effect is to add emphasis and structural variety. |  | 47 |
| 6763653112 | staccato sentence | One to two words | 48 | |
| 6763653113 | telegraphic sentence | a sentence shorter than 5 words in length (3 - 4 words) | 49 | |
| 6763653114 | short sentence | Approximately 5 - 10 words | 50 | |
| 6763653115 | medium sentence | approximately 15 - 20 words in length | 51 | |
| 6763653116 | long and involved sentence | About 30 or more words in length | 52 | |
| 6763653119 | erotema | asking a question without seeking an answer; answer is implied; serves as transition or provokes thought before moving on to a new idea |  | 53 |
| 6763653120 | paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement that expresses a truth | 54 | |
| 6763653121 | emotional fallacy | unfairly appeal to the audience's emotions (pathos) | 55 | |
| 6763653122 | false dichotomy | Presents the illusion that the audience has only two choices, when in reality there are many available options. | 56 | |
| 6763653123 | Bandwagon Appeal (ad populum) | A claim that a listener should accept an argument because of how many other people have already accepted it. | 57 | |
| 6763653124 | ethical fallacies | unreasonably/unfairly advance the writer's own authority or character | 58 | |
| 6763653125 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 59 | |
| 6763653126 | Tu Quoque | Dismissing someone's viewpoint on an issue because he himself is inconsistent in that very thing establishes hypocrisy | 60 | |
| 6763653127 | Appeal to doubtful authority | Using an authority as evidence in your argument when the authority is not really an expert on the facts relevant to the argument. | 61 | |
| 6763653128 | logical fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid; may initially sound logical but are unreasonable argumentative tactics | 62 | |
| 6763653129 | hasty generalization | a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence or unrepresentative evidence | 63 | |
| 6763653130 | false analogy | an argument using an inappropriate or inaccurate comparison | 64 | |
| 6763653131 | circular reasoning/begging the question | a fallacy in which the writer repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence; the conclusion replaces the major premise | 65 | |
| 6763653132 | red herring | An argument that distracts the audience away from the real issue | 66 | |
| 6763653133 | straw-man argument | a component of an argument that is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position, twisting an opponents words, false assumptions | 67 | |
| 6763653134 | non sequitur | The conclusion does not necessarily follow the premises (reasoning/examples) presented: even if you accept the facts, it needs more evidence | 68 | |
| 6763653135 | slippery slope | This is the failure to provide evidence to support a claim that one event will lead to a catastrophic chain of events; it exaggerates the potential consequences of an event or choice | 69 | |
| 6763653136 | post hoc, ergo propter hoc | This fallacy is Latin for "after which therefore because of which," meaning that it is incorrect to always claim that something is a cause just because it happened earlier. Places credit or blame on an event or situation simply because it happened prior to another event or situation | 70 | |
| 6767323037 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 71 | |
| 6767359910 | synecdoche | a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole. "All hands on deck" is an example. It literally is a smaller part of the whole. |  | 72 |
| 6807813870 | oxymoron | A combination of words that contradict each other (a type of antithesis) |  | 73 |
| 6807834695 | onomatopeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 74 |
