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| 4246079128 | ad Populum | In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it: "If many believe so, it is so." | 0 | |
| 4246079129 | Bandwagon | tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or "everyone" is doing it. | 1 | |
| 4246080414 | Anecdote | A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point. | 2 | |
| 4246081693 | Anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting | 3 | |
| 4246084894 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in reverse order | 4 | |
| 4246084895 | Argument | A statement put forth and supported by evidence | 5 | |
| 4246087145 | Cause and Effect | noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. | 6 | |
| 4246087146 | Chronological Ordering | Arrangement in the order in which things occur; may move from past to present or in reverse chronological order, from present to past | 7 | |
| 4246088554 | Classification | Assignment of objects or people to categories on the basis of shared characteristics. | 8 | |
| 4246088555 | Concession | An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point. | 9 | |
| 4246089771 | Damning with Faint Praise | intentional use of a positive statement that has a negative implication; e.g. "Your new hairdo is so-- interesting." | 10 | |
| 4246089772 | Description | A rhetorical mode based in the five senses. It aims to re-create, invent, or present something so that the reader can experience it. | 11 | |
| 4246091616 | Digression | act of straying from the main point | 12 | |
| 4246092849 | Ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods | 13 | |
| 4246092850 | Exposition | A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. | 14 | |
| 4246094084 | First Hand Evidence | Evidence based on something the writer knows, whether it's from personal experience, observations, or general knowledge of events | 15 | |
| 4246094085 | Hasty Generalization | a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence | 16 | |
| 4246095715 | Hortative Sentence | sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls to action | 17 | |
| 4246095716 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 18 | |
| 4246095717 | Inversion | A reversal of the usual order of words. | 19 | |
| 4246097542 | Juxtaposition | The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect | 20 | |
| 4246097543 | Order of Importance | giving the reasons or details of support from least important to most important | 21 | |
| 4246099161 | Pedantic | Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules | 22 | |
| 4246099162 | Persuasion | A kind of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people's actions. | 23 | |
| 4246099163 | Polemic | (n.) an aggressive argument against a specific opinion (My brother launched into a polemic against my arguments that capitalism was an unjust economic system.) | 24 | |
| 4246100313 | Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | 25 | |
| 4246101492 | 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. | 26 | |
| 4246101493 | Quantitative Evidence | includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers | 27 | |
| 4246102787 | Refutation | The part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view. | 28 | |
| 4246103966 | Rhetorical Mode | This flexible term describes the variety, the conventions, and the purposes of the major kinds of writing | 29 | |
| 4246103967 | Straw Man | A logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position. | 30 | |
| 4246103968 | Second Hand Evidence | accessed through research, reading, and investigation | 31 | |
| 4246107014 | Zeugma | A minor device in which two or more elements in a sentence are tied together by the same verb or noun. Zeugmas are especially acute if the noun or verb does not have the exact same meaning in both parts of the sentence. She dashed His hopes and out of his life when she waked through the door. | 32 |
