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| 8902428036 | tropes | artful diction like metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole | 0 | |
| 8902428037 | schemes | artful syntax like parallel structure, juxtaposition, anitithesis | 1 | |
| 8902428038 | inductive reasoning | reasoning from a specific case or cases to a general rule | 2 | |
| 8902428039 | deductive reasoning | reasoning from the more general to the more specific | 3 | |
| 8902428040 | ad hominem | personal attack; takes focus away from the issue | 4 | |
| 8902428041 | either/or fallacy | only two alternatives are suggested when many more may be possible | 5 | |
| 8902428042 | metonymy | one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated with ex) The pen is mightier than the sword (Pen stands for writing. Sword stands for fighting). The White House said today... (White House is president) | 6 | |
| 8902428043 | synecdoche | term is used to refer to a whole thing or effect by a part of it | 7 | |
| 8902428044 | red herring | an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue | 8 | |
| 8902428045 | false analogy | a statement that incorrectly tries to make connections between two dissimilar items | 9 | |
| 8902428046 | slippery slope | exaggerating the likely consequences of an action ex) If we legalize marijuana, then people will want to legalize heroine and cocaine. If we legalized gay marriage, then we will soon want to legalize polygamy and beastiality | 10 | |
| 8902428047 | hasty generalization | coming to a conclusion based on little | 11 | |
| 8902428048 | bandwagon | joining a cause because of its popularity | 12 | |
| 8902428049 | circular reasoning | an attempt to support a statement by simply repeating the statement in different or stronger terms | 13 | |
| 8902428050 | strawman | an attack on a view similar to but not the same as the one your opponent holds- diversionary tactic | 14 | |
| 8902428051 | post hoc or false clause | (propter hoc) one event is said to be the cause of a later event simply because it occurred earlier | 15 | |
| 8902428052 | Stacking the Deck | In this fallacy, the speaker ignores examples that disprove the point, and listing only those examples that support her case | 16 | |
| 8902428053 | Appeal to a Lack of Evidence | (Argumentum Ad Ignorantium, literally "arguement from language") Appealing to a lack of information to prove a point, or arguing that, since the opposition cannot disprove a claim, the opposite stance must be true ex) Ghosts must exist because no one has been able to prove that they do not exist | 17 | |
| 8902428054 | Equivocation | -Doublespeak-using words with more than one meaning (ambiguous) to confuse | 18 | |
| 8902428055 | Appeal to Tradition | something is better or correct simply because it is older and has always been done that way | 19 | |
| 8902428056 | Poisoning the Well | Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about someone is presented; therefore, any claims that person makes will be false | 20 | |
| 8902428057 | Appeal to Pity | (also called argumentum ad misericodiam) is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting his or her opponent's feelings of pity or guilt ex) You must have graded my exam incorrectly. I studied very hard for weeks specifically because I knew my career depended on getting a good grade. If you give me a failing grade I'm ruined. | 21 |
