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| 6759948106 | slippery slope | A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented | 0 | |
| 6759948107 | bandwagon | A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable. | 1 | |
| 6759948108 | post hoc | Arguments confuse chronology with causation: the belief that one event cannot occur after another without being caused by it. | 2 | |
| 6759948109 | straw man | a logical fallacy that involves the creation of an easily refutable position; misrepresenting, then attacking an opponent's position | 3 | |
| 6759948110 | ad hominem | An argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack. | 4 | |
| 6759948111 | inductive reasoning | A method of reasoning in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization. | 5 | |
| 6759948112 | deductive reasoning | A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise. | 6 | |
| 6759948113 | backing | supports the warrant | 7 | |
| 6759948116 | telegraphic sentences | shorter than 5 words | 8 | |
| 6759948124 | compound sentence | contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinate conjunction (FANBOYS) or by a semicolon | 9 | |
| 6759948125 | complex sentences | contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses | 10 | |
| 6759948126 | loose sentence | A sentence that could end before the modifying phrases without losing its coherence 'We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change.'" - Kennedy | 11 | |
| 6759948127 | periodic sentence | A complex sentence that only makes sense when the end of the sentence is reached ex. That morning, after a long flight, we reached Edmonton. | 12 | |
| 6759948132 | appositives | set off by commas, adds information ex. My teacher, the lovely Mrs. Ayer, does not assign that much homework. | 13 | |
| 6759948140 | apostrophe | a form of personification in which the absent, the dead, or abstract concepts are spoken to as if present | 14 | |
| 6759948149 | jargon | consists of words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession or pursuit | 15 | |
| 6759948154 | connotation | the implications of words or phrases as well as its/their exact meaning | 16 | |
| 6759948155 | denotation | the strict, literal, dictionary definition of the word devoid of emotion, attitude or color | 17 | |
| 6759948156 | allegory | a prolonged metaphor, a narrative in which characters, objects, and events have underlaying political, religious, moral, or social meanings | 18 | |
| 6759948157 | anachronism | assignment of something to a time when it was not in existence | 19 | |
| 6759948159 | conceit | unusual and elaborate comparison between two very different things | 20 | |
| 6759948167 | synecdoche | a part of something stands for the whole. Ex: all hands on deck | 21 | |
| 6759948171 | In Medias Res | In the middle of things. it is the literary device of opening the story in the middle of the action. The narrative generally unfolds via flashback, as is logical | 22 | |
| 6759948197 | syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 23 | |
| 6759948213 | non sequitur | an attempt to tie together unrelated ideas | 24 | |
| 6759948214 | red herring | information that is related to the topic, but not germane to the argument | 25 | |
| 6759948215 | faulty syllogism | attempts to get more out of the premise than is warranted | 26 | |
| 6759948216 | false analogy | comparing two events or issues that do not have that much in common | 27 | |
| 6759948217 | either/or; false dichotomy; black/white fallacy | limits a complex issue to just two options | 28 | |
| 6759948218 | argument from ignorance; appeal to ignorance | the argument that, since it can't be proven untrue, it must be true | 29 | |
| 6759948219 | false authority | when people offer themselves or unreliable/suspicious sources as authorities on the subject | 30 | |
| 6759948220 | begging the question; circular reasoning | supporting the premise with the premise | 31 | |
| 6760253484 | compound complex sentence | A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. | 32 | |
| 6760990650 | cumulative sentence | a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause. These phrases or clauses add information to the main or independent clause | 33 | |
| 6761042806 | context | it refers to the situation--the time, place, or audience--in which a text is either written or read | 34 |
