9134182376 | Hasty Generalization | My mom is a bad driver. Therefore all women are bad drivers. | 0 | |
9134182377 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | you sneezed at the same time tbe power went off my sneeze made the power go off | 1 | |
9134182378 | non sequitur | I read about a pitbull attack my neighbor has a pitbull. My life is in danger | 2 | |
9134182379 | Appeal to doubtful authority | Jenny McCarthy advocating for vaccines not to be used. | 3 | |
9134182380 | red herring | I failed my TKAM test not because I didn't study but because I am Mexican and my first language is spanish. | 4 | |
9134182381 | Ambiguity | Sarah gave her dog a bath wearing a pink t shirt. | 5 | |
9134182382 | ambivalence | I get along with Sue and I like her but my friends don't should I invite her to my party or not? | 6 | |
9134182383 | syllogism | All dogs have 4 legs, rover is a dog, rover has 4 legs | 7 | |
9134182384 | ad hominem | Hillary Clinton cant advocate for birth control because she is stupid and likes modern art. | 8 | |
9134182385 | antecedent | Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist. She worked with MLK and she died still fighting for civil rights. | 9 | |
9134182386 | Antithesis | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. | 10 | |
9134182387 | Anaphora | I have fought with warriors, I have traveled the world, I have fallen in love. | 11 | |
9134182388 | Epistrophe | I want pizza, she wants pizza, we will want pizza. | 12 | |
9134182389 | Anadiplosis | Jen had a problem and her problem was getting bigger by the minute. | 13 | |
9134182390 | Antimetabole | Its nice to be important but its importsnt to be nice. | 14 | |
9134182391 | Chiasmus | We became politicans because we wanted to change Washington but Washington changed us. | 15 | |
9134182392 | litotes | Someone breaking into my car was not the worst thing that happened to me today. | 16 | |
9134182393 | euphemism | She was let go from her job. | 17 | |
9134182394 | Hyperbole | I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. | 18 | |
9134182395 | Metonymy | The White House just passed a law that legalizes weed. | 19 | |
9134182396 | Parenthesis | You must remember that freshman still need help- after all- they're not adults. | 20 | |
9134182397 | Polysendeton | Nature gives us light, and warmth, and substance and hope. | 21 | |
9134182398 | synecdoche | Go ask the brain over there. | 22 | |
9134182399 | analogy | Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer | 23 | |
9134182400 | Anthimeria | I could use a good sleep. | 24 | |
9134182401 | apostrophe | Nature you are a beautiful, terrible wonder. | 25 | |
9134182402 | assonance | rain in spain falls mainly on the plain (My Fair Lady) | 26 | |
9134182403 | Asyndeton | You mean to tell me we lost the dog,the house, the car?!? | 27 | |
9134182404 | Climax | You must first respect your property, your peers, and your superiors in order to respect yourself. | 28 | |
9134182405 | Consonance | The pitter patter of little feet. | 29 |
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