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| 15835640389 | Assumption | A belief or statement taken for granted without proof. | 0 | |
| 15835640390 | Ad Hominem | A fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute | 1 | |
| 15835640391 | Ad Populem | "To the people," something must be good because everyone is doing it | 2 | |
| 15835640392 | Allusion | A reference to commonly known idea or text, the most common are historical, biblical, or literary. | 3 | |
| 15835640393 | Ambiguity | An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. | 4 | |
| 15835640394 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | 5 | |
| 15835640395 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast. | 6 | |
| 15835640396 | Antithesis | Direct opposite | 7 | |
| 15835640397 | Appeal to False Authority | This fallacy occurs when someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue is cited as an authority. | 8 | |
| 15835640398 | Archaic Diction | The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language. | 9 | |
| 15835640399 | Asyndeton | Omission of conjunctions | 10 | |
| 15835640400 | Backing | Further assurances or data without which the assumption lacks authority | 11 | |
| 15835640401 | Bandwagon Appeal | The argument that since something is popular or everybody is doing it, so should you. | 12 | |
| 15835640402 | Caricature | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | 13 | |
| 15835640403 | Chiasmus | A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed | 14 | |
| 15835640404 | Circular Reasoning | Repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence, resulting in no evidence at all. | 15 | |
| 15835640405 | Claim | An assertion, usually supported by evidence | 16 | |
| 15835640406 | Claims of Fact | Assert that something is true or not true | 17 | |
| 15835640407 | Claims of Value | argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable | 18 | |
| 15835640408 | Claims of Policy | recommend that a specific course of action be taken or approved | 19 | |
| 15835640409 | Closed Thesis | A limited thesis that previews the major points the speaker/author will make | 20 | |
| 15835640410 | Open Thesis | An open thesis is one that does not list all the points the writer intends to cover in an essay. | 21 | |
| 15835640411 | Colloquialism | informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 22 | |
| 15835640412 | Complex Sentence | A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause | 23 | |
| 15835640413 | Concede | To admit as true; to yield, submit | 24 | |
| 15835640414 | Confirmation | Proof Proof; evidence; verification | 25 | |
| 15835640415 | Connotation | All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests | 26 | |
| 15835640416 | Counter Argument Thesis | Summary of counterargument, preceding writer's opinion | 27 | |
| 15835640417 | Counterargument | A challenge to a position; an opposing argument. | 28 | |
| 15835640418 | Cumulative Sentence | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on. | 29 | |
| 15835640419 | Declarative Sentence | A sentence that makes a statement. | 30 | |
| 15835640420 | Diatribe | A bitter verbal attack | 31 | |
| 15835640421 | Double Entendre | a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent. | 32 | |
| 15835640422 | Euphemism | an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive | 33 | |
| 15835640423 | Faulty Analogy | A fallacy that occurs when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable. | 34 | |
| 15835640424 | First Hand Evidence | evidence based on something the writer knows | 35 | |
| 15835640425 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a faulty conclusion is reached because of inadequate evidence. | 36 | |
| 15835640426 | Imperative Sentence | A sentence that requests or commands. | 37 | |
| 15835640427 | Incongruity | To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings | 38 | |
| 15835640428 | Induction/Inductive Reasoning | Reasoning from specific to general. | 39 | |
| 15835640429 | Innuendo | A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference | 40 | |
| 15835640430 | Invective | An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. | 41 | |
| 15835640431 | Inversion | Inverted order of words in a sentence (variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 42 | |
| 15835640432 | Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality; incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs | 43 | |
| 15835640433 | Jargon | the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession | 44 | |
| 15835640434 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts | 45 | |
| 15835640435 | Logical Fallacy | An error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid | 46 | |
| 15835640436 | Metonymy | substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it | 47 | |
| 15835640437 | Non Sequitur | a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. | 48 | |
| 15835640438 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 49 | |
| 15835640439 | Paradox | A figure of speech or statement that seems contradictory but actually contains a hidden truth | 50 | |
| 15835640440 | Parallelism | The repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns. | 51 | |
| 15835640441 | Parody | a humorous imitation of a serious work | 52 | |
| 15835640442 | Paronomasia | an intentional form of pun that uses words similar in sound but different in meaning for a humorous effect | 53 | |
| 15835640443 | Periodic Sentence | A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end. | 54 | |
| 15835640444 | Polemic | An argument against an idea, usually regarding philosophy, politics, or religion. | 55 | |
| 15835640445 | Polysyndeton | the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural | 56 | |
| 15835640446 | Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | 57 | |
| 15835640447 | Pun | A play on words | 58 | |
| 15835640448 | Qualifier | a restriction placed on the claim to state that it may not always be true as stated Words that avoid absolutes and admit potential exceptions | 59 | |
| 15835640449 | Quantitative Evidence | Includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in numbers | 60 | |
| 15835640450 | Rebuttal | An argument technique wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and countered | 61 | |
| 15835640451 | Red Herring | use of an irrelevant point to divert attention from the real issue | 62 | |
| 15835640452 | Refute | To discredit an argument, particularly a counterargument. | 63 | |
| 15835640453 | Reversal | To present the opposite of the normal order | 64 | |
| 15835640454 | Scheme | A pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect. | 65 | |
| 15835640455 | Second Hand Evidence | Evidence that is accessed through research, reading, and investigation. | 66 | |
| 15835640456 | Slapstick | comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events | 67 | |
| 15835640457 | Straw Man Fallacy | Occurs when the arguer attacks a misrepresentation of the opponent's view. | 68 | |
| 15835640458 | Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. | 69 | |
| 15835640459 | Symbol | Something that represents something else | 70 | |
| 15835640460 | Synecdoche | using a part of something to represent the whole thing | 71 | |
| 15835640461 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 72 | |
| 15835640462 | Transition | The connection between two parts of a piece of writing, contributing to coherence. | 73 | |
| 15835640463 | Shift | In writing, a movement from one thought or idea to another; a change. | 74 | |
| 15835640464 | Travesty | A crude, exaggerated, or ridiculous representation; mockery | 75 | |
| 15835640465 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 76 | |
| 15835640466 | Overstatement | the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration. making to seem more important than it really is the action of expressing or stating something too strongly; exaggeration. | 77 | |
| 15835640467 | Assumption | a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. | 78 | |
| 15835640468 | Zeugma | Artfully using one verb with two or more different objects | 79 |
