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| 9403364312 | ad hominem | a logical fallacy (to the man) in which the author attacks a person's views by attacking his or her character, a personal attack | 0 | |
| 9403364313 | Allegory | the device of using character and story elements as symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. (i.e. an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom.) | 1 | |
| 9403364314 | Anesis | a figure of addition that occurs when a concluding sentence is added to a statement which purposely diminishes the effect of what has been previously stated (5 billion dollars = a staggering sum, though somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year. ) | 2 | |
| 9403364315 | Antithesis | a figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually parallel structure (not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character | 3 | |
| 9403364316 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth ( "if it ain't broke, don't fix it) | 4 | |
| 9403364317 | Caricature | a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect | 5 | |
| 9403364318 | clustering illusion | is when data occur in groups, people often read meaning into this groupings even if it is completely random | 6 | |
| 9403364319 | Conceit | a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects (unusual comparisons made) | 7 | |
| 9403364320 | either/or reasoning | a logical fallacy that assumes that a reality may be divided into only two parts or extremes; assuming that a given problem has only one of two possible solutions | 8 | |
| 9403364321 | Forthright | directly frank without hesitation | 9 | |
| 9403364322 | framing bias | is when the same information is presented in different ways, we tend to respond differently depending on how the issue is presented | 10 | |
| 9403364323 | gambler's fallacy | is when people tend to believe that the results of a random event, like a coin toss, will affect the probability of future outcomes | 11 | |
| 9403364324 | hasty generalization | a logical fallacy in which the author leaps to a generalization from inadequate or faulty evidence, or stereotyping ( Men aren't sensitive enough to be daycare providers) | 12 | |
| 9403364325 | Homily | literally means "sermon," but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice | 13 | |
| 9403364326 | Metonym | a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept | 14 | |
| 9403364327 | non sequitur | a logical fallacy (it does not follow) in which the author states a conclusion that doesn't follow from one or both premises | 15 | |
| 9403364328 | Oxymoron | (pointed foolish) a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. | 16 | |
| 9403364329 | Polysyndeton | is a literary technique in which conjunctions (and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed | 17 | |
| 9403364330 | slippery slope | a fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question. In most cases, there are a series of steps or graduations between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps or gradations will simply be bypassed. (Jumping to conclusions) | 18 | |
| 9403364331 | wishful thinking | is irrational optimism | 19 |
