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| 7200747479 | forensic argument | arguments that rely on evidence and testimony to recreate what can be known about events that have already occurred | 0 | |
| 7200749994 | deliberative argument | arguments about what should happen in the future | 1 | |
| 7200750840 | epideictic argument | arguments about beliefs and assumptions that are widely held within society; usually held in public | 2 | |
| 7200751345 | stasis theory | a four-question, pre-writing process developed in ancient Greece that helps researchers, writers, and people working together in teams to build information and compose communication | 3 | |
| 7200753930 | rhetorical situation | any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person | 4 | |
| 7200762800 | sanguine | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident | 5 | |
| 7200763532 | choleric | extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible | 6 | |
| 7200764078 | phlegmatic | not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish | 7 | |
| 7200764448 | auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable | 8 | |
| 7200765701 | unctuous | characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug | 9 | |
| 7225774207 | pathos | a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response | 10 | |
| 7225780479 | ethos | a means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader | 11 | |
| 7225783146 | logos | a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic | 12 | |
| 7225784960 | kairos | a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action | 13 | |
| 7225787667 | inductive argument | an argument in which it is thought that the premises provide reasons supporting the probable truth of the conclusion | 14 | |
| 7225790240 | abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem | 15 | |
| 7225793906 | caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action | 16 | |
| 7225795244 | hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance | 17 | |
| 7225797620 | parsimonious | exhibiting or marked by the quality of being careful with money or resources | 18 | |
| 7225799706 | tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect | 19 | |
| 7313997015 | deductive argument | an argument in which it is thought that the premises provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion | 20 | |
| 7313998803 | logical fallacy | common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument. | 21 | |
| 7314000948 | connotation | the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning | 22 | |
| 7314002228 | denotation | the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it | 23 | |
| 7314004126 | exordium | In classical rhetoric, the introductory part of an argument in which a speaker or writer establishes credibility (ethos) and announces the subject and purpose of the discourse | 24 | |
| 7314005361 | bravado | a pretentious, swaggering display of courage | 25 | |
| 7314006616 | condescend | to show that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people | 26 | |
| 7314008196 | dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts | 27 | |
| 7314009275 | engender | to make people have a particular feeling or make a situation start to exist | 28 | |
| 7314010626 | visage | the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc. | 29 | |
| 7805708005 | syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion; deductive reasoning | 30 | |
| 7805711863 | enthymeme | an argumentative statement in which the writer or the speaker omits one of the major or minor premises, does not clearly pronounce it, or keeps this premise implied. | 31 | |
| 7805715462 | ad hominem argument | attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument. | 32 | |
| 7805721643 | equivocations | using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an argument misleading. | 33 | |
| 7805724561 | non-sequitur | statements, sayings and conclusions that do not follow the fundamental principles of logic and reason. | 34 | |
| 7805726858 | indignant | feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base | 35 | |
| 7805731371 | moratorium | a suspension of activity | 36 | |
| 7805733494 | sequacious | someone who blindly adopts ideas without much thought. | 37 | |
| 7805740747 | zeitgeist | the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era | 38 | |
| 7805757230 | weal | a sound, healthy, or prosperous state | 39 | |
| 8009263726 | anadiplosis | the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. | 40 | |
| 8009265801 | antanagoge | placing a good point or benefit next to a fault, criticism, or problem in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point | 41 | |
| 8009267326 | diacope | a repetition of a phrase or word, broken up by other intervening words. | 42 | |
| 8009269080 | epanalepsis | a figure of speech in which the beginning of a clause or sentence is repeated at the end of that same clause or sentence, with words intervening. | 43 | |
| 8009272858 | pleonasm | the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy | 44 | |
| 8009274471 | blithe | of a happy lighthearted character or disposition | 45 | |
| 8009276356 | dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge | 46 | |
| 8009277982 | forswear | to give up or do without | 47 | |
| 8009280333 | malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body; an unwholesome or disordered condition | 48 | |
| 8009281776 | rectitude | rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue | 49 | |
| 8233040304 | antimetabole | a device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order | 50 | |
| 8233043881 | antiphrasis | a phrase or word is employed in a way that is opposite to its literal meaning, in order to create an ironic or comic effect | 51 | |
| 8233148054 | appositive | a noun phrase or a noun that defines or explains another noun, which it follows | 52 | |
| 8233240214 | epizeuxis | a rhetorical device in which the words or phrases are repeated in quick succession, one after another, for emphasis | 53 | |
| 8233355055 | metanoia | a writer or speaker deliberately goes back and modifies a statement that they just made, usually either to strengthen it or soften it in some way | 54 | |
| 8233628280 | parable | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson | 55 | |
| 8237862521 | precocious | unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development | 56 | |
| 8237865103 | resplendent | shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid | 57 | |
| 8237906296 | doleful | sorrowful; mournful; melancholy | 58 | |
| 8237913239 | trepidation | tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation | 59 |
