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| 13655315789 | Ad Hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 0 | |
| 13655315790 | Anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 1 | |
| 13655315791 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 2 | |
| 13655315792 | Antithesis | an observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim | 3 | |
| 13655315793 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 4 | |
| 13655315794 | Bandwagon | A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable. | 5 | |
| 13655315795 | cause and effect | noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. | 6 | |
| 13655315796 | declarative sentence | a sentence that makes a statement or declaration | 7 | |
| 13655315797 | deductive reasoning | reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.) | 8 | |
| 13655315798 | Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences | 9 | |
| 13655315799 | Ethos | credibility | 10 | |
| 13655315800 | Fallacy | a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument | 11 | |
| 13655315801 | False Analogy | an argument using an inappropriate metaphor | 12 | |
| 13655315802 | inductive reasoning | A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. | 13 | |
| 13655315803 | Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning | 14 | |
| 13655315804 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 15 | |
| 13655315805 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason | 16 | |
| 13655315806 | Paradox | a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true | 17 | |
| 13655315807 | Parallel Syntax (Parallelism) | a pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition often combined with some other language of repetition | 18 | |
| 13655315808 | Pathos | Appeal to emotion | 19 | |
| 13655315809 | point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 20 | |
| 13655315810 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural: "He was overwhelmed , as if by a tsunami, and by the fishes, and by the seaweed, and by the salt spray from the heavens." | 21 | |
| 13655315811 | premise | another word for a claim; a statement of truth, at least to the person making the argument | 22 | |
| 13655315812 | red herring fallacy | the use of irrelevant material to divert attention | 23 | |
| 13655315813 | Repetition | Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis | 24 | |
| 13655315814 | rhetorical question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer | 25 | |
| 13655315815 | rhetorical shift | this occurs when the author of an essay significantly alters his or her diction, syntax, or both | 26 | |
| 13655315816 | slippery slope fallacy (also called Domino theory) | This fallacy of argumentation argues that one thing inevitably leads to another. Politicians love to use it as a form of exaggeration. | 27 | |
| 13655315817 | straw man fallacy | when a speaker ignores the actual position of an opponent and substitutes it with a distorted and exaggerated position | 28 | |
| 13655315818 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 29 | |
| 13655315819 | Synthesis | Two or more elements or compounds combine to make a more complex substance | 30 | |
| 13655315820 | Understatement | the opposite of exaggeration. It is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended. | 31 |
