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| 13481064140 | Imagery | Figurative language that is used to convey a sensory perception (visual, auditory, olfactory) | 0 | |
| 13481071463 | Hyperbole | An overstatement or exaggeration Ex: If I'm not home by dark, my parents will crucify me! | 1 | |
| 13481089820 | Understatement | Figurative language that presents facts in a way that makes them appear much less significant than they really are Ex: They were escorted to their separate apartments, which were extremely cool and never saw the light of day (Prison cells) | 2 | |
| 13481102388 | Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" Ex: The horse sped like lightning across the finish line | 3 | |
| 13481112631 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as Ex: The horse was a streak of lighting speeding across the finish line | 4 | |
| 13481118748 | Extended Metaphor | A comparison that is developed throughout the course of the work or sentences Ex: Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson | 5 | |
| 13481136727 | Symbol | A word that represents something other than itself Ex: The Christian soldiers paused to remember the lamb (Lamb = Jesus) | 6 | |
| 13481143706 | Denotation | A word's primary or literal significance | 7 | |
| 13481147318 | Connotation | A word's vast range of meanings based on suggestion | 8 | |
| 13481149652 | Oxymoron | When two seemingly contradictory words are paired together Ex: Jumbo Shrimp, Biggie Smalls, Freezer Burn | 9 | |
| 13481154774 | Paradox | When two elements which cannot both be true at the same time are paired together Ex: I only know one thing, which is that I know nothing. | 10 | |
| 13481161453 | Rhetorical Question | A question whose answer is obvious and don't need to be answered Ex: With all the police brutality in the US, is it any wonder officers have to wear body cams? | 11 | |
| 13481175720 | Bombast | language that is overly rhetorical, especially when considered in context | 12 | |
| 13481179118 | Pun | A play on words Ex: A chicken farmer's favorite car is a coupe | 13 | |
| 13481189368 | Metonymy | When one term is substituted for another term with which it is closely associated Ex: The sailor gazed out over the thrashing blue | 14 | |
| 13481201492 | Theme | A general idea contained in a text | 15 | |
| 13481203162 | Aphorism | A concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth Ex: Life is short, opportunity is fleeting, reasoning is difficult | 16 | |
| 13481210973 | Circumlocution | Talking around a subject or talking around a word Ex: Hey mom and dad. So I've been really good this week, and I know you guys are going out tonight. Also, my friend got his vehicle taken. And I know that I forgot to fill up the tank last week. But I would really like if I could take the car? | 17 | |
| 13481225968 | Euphemism | a word or phrase that's used to make an unpleasant idea sound better or more appropriate Ex: Dad, how come my phallic instrument gets hard in the morning? | 18 | |
| 13481230877 | Verbal Irony | The process of stating something but meaning the opposite of what is stated Ex: Wow! Great Expectations is such an exciting book! | 19 | |
| 13481243669 | Situational Irony | A circumstance that runs contrary to what is expected Ex: I can't wait to get out of the cold West Virginia weather. *Snows in Florida, Heat stroke in WV* | 20 | |
| 13481251530 | Sarcasm | Verbal irony used with the intent to injure Ex: Nice shot! *airballed* | 21 | |
| 13481254898 | Satire | When something is portrayed in a way that's deliberately distorted to achieve a comic effect | 22 | |
| 13496180652 | Ad Populum | This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do." Ex: Everyone drives a Kia, so you should too | 23 | |
| 13496185184 | Argument from Authority | An argument that concludes something is true because a presumed expert or witness has said that it is. Focuses solely on the credentials of the person, ignoring anything about the product itself Ex: Dr. Johnson prescribed me hydrocodone, so it must be good for you | 24 | |
| 13496193386 | Ad Hominem | An argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack. Ex: You're wrong because you're ugly | 25 | |
| 13496201100 | Dogmatism | The tendency to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others. Ex: The clerk is on #3, while I have #22 and am the only person in the lobby. He proceeds onto #4, #5, etc. | 26 | |
| 13496204326 | Equivocation | The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself Ex: Does your dog bite? No *dog bites him* I thought you said it didn't bite! That's not my dog | 27 | |
| 13496215864 | Sentimental Appeals | Uses emotion to distract the audience from the facts Ex: Arms of an angel commercials | 28 | |
| 13496219587 | Logos | Appeal to logic | 29 | |
| 13496219588 | Ethos | Appeal to ethics | 30 | |
| 13496223007 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 31 | |
| 13496225478 | Slippery Slope | a logical fallacy that assumes once an action begins it will lead, undeterred, to an eventual and inevitable conclusion Ex: Eating fast food will cause you to only want to eat fast food, which will ultimately give you heart disease. So, never eat fast food | 32 | |
| 13496228276 | Scare Tactics | Using fear to sway people by exaggerating possible dangers well beyond their statistical likelihood Ex: If you don't commit to a 2 year contract, then your monthly rates will soar through the roof! | 33 | |
| 13496230785 | Red Herring | A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion Ex: Global warming is killing the environment! "We can't think about the environment while a war is going on!" | 34 | |
| 13496247584 | Straw Man | A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea. Ex: Abortion should be legal "Oh so you want to punt babies through field goals?" | 35 | |
| 13496254511 | Faulty Analogy | a fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable Ex: Hitting that jump is like jumping the grand canyon | 36 | |
| 13496264949 | Faulty Casualty | Setting up a cause-effect relationship when none exists Ex: He wore his Harden's when he tore his ACL, so the shoe was the reason he tore it. | 37 | |
| 13496273161 | Begging the Question | A fallacy in which a claim is based on evidence or support that is in doubt. Ex: Everyone wants the new Elmo toy since it's the hottest thing on the market | 38 | |
| 13498817219 | Circular Argument | A fallacy that states a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument Ex: The Bible is the word of God because God says it is... in the Bible | 39 | |
| 13498846223 | Missing the point | The premises of an argument does support a particular conclusion, but not the conclusion that the arguer actually draws. Ex: The grizzly bear population is dying and needs a new source of food. They should be relocated to Antarctica | 40 | |
| 13498936543 | Non Sequitur | A statement that does not follow logically from evidence Ex: Violent crime in the city has increased by 10% this year. We should build more private schools. | 41 | |
| 13498944215 | False Dichotomy | Considering only two extremes when there are other possibilities Ex: I need to kill Billy before Billy kills me | 42 | |
| 13498953583 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence. Ex: My asian cousin is a bad driver, so all asians are bad drivers | 43 | |
| 13498979680 | Non-Testable Hypothesis | Assuming that something is true because it has not been prove false. Ex: If the entire US used renewable energy, global temperatures would decrease by 1 degrees | 44 | |
| 13586110745 | Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone | SOAPST | 45 | |
| 13592228782 | Process Analysis | A method of paragraph or essay development by which a writer explains step by step how something is done or how to do something. | 46 | |
| 13592253834 | cause and effect | The reason something happens and the result of it happening. | 47 |
