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| 4273057706 | Rhetoric | From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively. |  | 0 |
| 4273066019 | semantics | The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another |  | 1 |
| 4273072951 | syllogism | From the Greek for "reckoning together," a syllogism (or syllogistic reasoning or syllogistic logic) is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second called "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. |  | 2 |
| 4273077410 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. Examples: To refer to a boat as a "sail"; to refer to a car as "wheels"; to refer to the violins, violas, etc. in an orchestra as "the strings." **Different than metonymy, in which one thing is represented by another thing that is commonly physically associated with it (but is not necessarily a part of it), i.e., referring to a monarch as "the crown" or the President as "The White House." |  | 3 |
| 4273084976 | synesthesia | when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another |  | 4 |
| 4273097701 | assonance | The identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. |  | 5 |
| 4273103177 | chiasmus | A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed |  | 6 |
| 4273112814 | circular argument | An argument that commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove. |  | 7 |
| 4273116852 | concession | An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point. |  | 8 |
| 4273122542 | encomium | A tribute or eulogy in prose or verse glorifying people, objects, ideas, or events. |  | 9 |
| 4273127146 | epistrophe | The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses. |  | 10 |
| 4273132019 | Epitaph | (1) A short inscription in prose or verse on a tombstone or monument. (2) A statement or speech commemorating someone who has died: a funeral oration. |  | 11 |
| 4273135758 | exposition | A statement or type of composition intended to give information about (or an explanation of) an issue, subject, method, or idea. |  | 12 |
| 4273139803 | fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. |  | 13 |
| 4273146766 | false dilemma | A fallacy of oversimplification that offers a limited number of options (usually two) when in fact more options are available. |  | 14 |
| 4273150610 | hasty generalization | A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence. |  | 15 |
| 4273158920 | refutation | The part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view. |  | 16 |
