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| 14760438209 | Ad Hominem | Directed against an opponent's personal character rather than the position they are maintaing; from the Latin meaning "to the man" | 0 | |
| 14760440252 | Ad Populum Fallacy | A fallacy that occurs when evidence boils down to "Everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do;" also known as the bandwagon appeal | 1 | |
| 14760445986 | Allegory | An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaningto be read beneath the surface story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric | 2 | |
| 14760452134 | Alliteration | Tbhe repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words (ex. while I nodded, nearly napping) | 3 | |
| 14760453929 | Allusion | A reference to something literay, mythological, or historical | 4 | |
| 14760456058 | Ambivalent | Having or showing simultanous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward something or someone | 5 | |
| 14760457530 | Analogy | A comparison that explains one thing in terms of another to highlight the ways in which they are alike (ex. he's as flaky as a snowflake) | 6 | |
| 14760459686 | Anaphora | A rhetorical device of repeating the same word or words at the start of two ro more lines of petry or successive phrases or sentences in prose | 7 | |
| 14760463256 | Anecdote | A brief story used to illustrate a point or claim | 8 | |
| 14760464194 | Anticlimatic | Referring to an event, period, or outcome that is strikingly less important or dramatic than expected | 9 | |
| 14760467990 | Antithesis | A rhetorical device contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas, blanacing one against the otherinstrong opposition; the contrast is reinforced by the similar, grammatical structure (i.e. "support any friend, oppose any foe" - JFK) | 10 | |
| 14760475622 | Appeal to Authority | An argument made in which truth is attributed to a statement based on the authority of the speaker or the authority of someone supporting the statement | 11 | |
| 14760477734 | Appeal to Ignorance | Argument made in which an assumption of a conclusion is based primarily on lack of evidence to the contrary (i.e. Santa Claus is real because you can't prove that he doesn't exist) | 12 | |
| 14760483605 | Aphorism | A concise statement which expressed succintly a general truth or idea often using language that isn't meant to be taken literally and using rhyme of balance (i.e. give him an inch and he'll take a mile) | 13 | |
| 14760487175 | Apostrophe | A rhetorical device in which an absent or imaginary person or an abstraction is directly addressed as though present (i.e. "Death, be not proud") | 14 | |
| 14760490795 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants (i.e. neigh and fade) | 15 | |
| 14760492562 | Asyndeton | The omission or absence of conjunctions between a series of related clauses, used for stylistic purpose of increasing rhythmic speed or emphasis (i.e "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish fromthe Earth"- The Gettysburg Address" | 16 | |
| 14760500468 | Cacophony | Harsh, awkard, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or pose; the opposite of euphony | 17 | |
| 14760502521 | Circular Reasoning | A fallacy in which the argument repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence (i.e. "You can't give me a C; I'm an A student") | 18 | |
| 14760505766 | Chaismus | A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect (i.e. "It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath) | 19 | |
| 14760509912 | Claim of Fact | A claim that asserts that something is true or not true (i.e. "the number of suicides and homicides committed by teenagers, most often youngmen, has exploded in the last three decades..." - Anna Quindlen) | 20 | |
| 14760514613 | Claim of Policy | A claim that proposes a change (i.e. "Yet one solution continued to elude us, and this is ending the ignorance about mental health, and moving it from the margins of care and into the mainstream where it belongs." -Anna Quindlen) | 21 | |
| 14760519049 | Claim of Value | A claim that argues whether something is good or bad or right or wrong (i.e. "There's a plague on all our houses, and since it doesn't announce itself with lumps or spots or protest marches, it has gone unremarked in the quiet suburbs and busy cities where is has been laying waste." -Anna Quindlen) | 22 | |
| 14760526368 | Clause | A group of words with a subject and its verbin it | 23 | |
| 14760527467 | Colloquialism | Informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing | 24 | |
| 14760529161 | Complex Sentence | A sentence that contains at least one independent clause and at least one dependent clause (i.e. Because she is angry, shate ate dinner) | 25 | |
| 14760531716 | Compound-Complex Sentence | A sentencethat contains at least two indepdent clauses and at least one dependent clause (i.e. she completed her literature work, but she still needs to proofread before she submits it.) | 26 | |
| 14760535625 | Compound Sentence | A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses (i.e. she read the book and she liked it) | 27 | |
| 14760537251 | Conceit | An elaborate figure of speech in which two seeminly dissimilar things or situations are compared | 28 | |
| 14760539095 | Concession | An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 29 | |
| 14760540976 | Confirmation | The part of a speech/essay providing logical arguments in support of a position | 30 | |
| 14760543597 | Connotation | The implied or associative meaning as a word (as opposed to denotation) | 31 | |
| 14760545012 | Consonance | The repetition of a consonant sound used to create a rhyme or canence that typically refers to the repetition of sounds at the end of the word but can also refers to repeated sounds in the middle of a word (i.e. pitter patter) | 32 | |
| 14760551430 | Cumulative Sentence | Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sence and then builds and adds on | 33 | |
| 14760554361 | Deduction | A method of reasoning in which one reaches a conclusion by starting with a general principle and applying it to a specific case; the process is usually demonstrates in the form of a syllogism | 34 | |
| 14760557728 | Denotation | The literal meaning of a word (as opposed to connotation) | 35 | |
| 14760559755 | Dependent (or subordinate) clause | A group of words with a subject and its verb that cannot stand alone | 36 | |
| 14760560613 | Diction | Word Choice | 37 | |
| 14760560614 | Didactic | Intended to teach, particularly in coveying moral instruction; might be used to describe a writer or speaker's tone | 38 | |
| 14760567832 | Dissonance | The grating of sounds that are harsh or do not go together | 39 | |
| 14760568658 | Ellipsis | The omission of a word of phrase which is gramatically necessary but can be deduced from the context | 40 | |
| 14760571240 | Epiphora | A rhetorical device of repeating the same word or phrase at the end fo several clauses (almost a reciprocal of anaphora) | 41 | |
| 14760575750 | Ethos | The ethical appeal based on the characters, credibility, or reliability of the speaker/writer persauding the audience that the person making the argument is worth listening to (from the Greek meaining "character" | 42 | |
| 14760580455 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant | 43 | |
| 14760582368 | Euphony | A succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose; the o0pposite of cacophony | 44 | |
| 14760583484 | Fallacy | An erroneous argument dependent upon an unsound or illogical contention | 45 | |
| 14760586177 | False Dilemna | A fallacy of oversimplification; presenting the audience withj a limited number of opitions (usually two) when more are actually available | 46 | |
| 14760589322 | Fanciful | Characterized by imagination rather than by reason and experience | 47 | |
| 14760590483 | Foil | A character who, by constrast, highlights the characteristics of another character | 48 | |
| 14760592618 | Hasty Generalization | A fallacy in which a conclusion is not logically justified given the evidence at hand (meaning the insufficient or discernibly biased evidence) | 49 | |
| 14760594897 | Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis | 50 | |
| 14760597153 | Ibidem | A Latin word meaning "in the same place;" used in footnotes to indicate that information presented in one notes came from the same place as the information in the previous notes | 51 | |
| 14760600390 | Independent clause | A group of words with a subject and its verb that can stand alone | 52 | |
| 14760601797 | Induction | A method of reasoning in which specific details move towards a generalized conclusion (as opposed to deduction) | 53 | |
| 14760603990 | Irony | A situation or statement where the truth is the opposite of appearances | 54 | |
| 14760605793 | Invective | Speech of writings that attacks, insults, or denounces a subject, generally in an abusive, injurious manner | 55 | |
| 14760607976 | Inversion | Inverted order ot words in a sentence (a variation of the subject-verb-object order) | 56 | |
| 14760609373 | Jargon | The use of specific words and phrases by those in a particular area of study, profession, or trade | 57 | |
| 14760610333 | Juxtaposition | Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences | 58 | |
| 14760613038 | Litotes | A type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite | 59 | |
| 14760614749 | Logos | The appeal to reason, relying on logic; Logos often relies on the use of inductive or deductive reasoning (from the Greek meaning "word") | 60 | |
| 14760617451 | Metonymy | A figure of speech that used the name of an object, person, or idea to represents something which which it is associated, such as using "the crown" to refer to a monarch | 61 | |
| 14760620311 | Modes of Discourse | Systems of thoughts composed of different beliefs, practices, ideas, and attitudes, which present a subject in a particular war; the four main modes are exposition, narrative, description, and argument | 62 | |
| 14760623751 | Motif | A standard theme or dramatic situation which recurs in various works | 63 | |
| 14760624967 | Mood | The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience | 64 | |
| 14760626860 | Non Sequitur | An inference that does not logically follow from the premise | 65 | |
| 14760628073 | Ode | A long lyric poem, usually serious and elevated in tone; often written to praise someone or something | 66 | |
| 14760629922 | Onomatopeia | The formation fo a word from the imitation of natural sounds, such as hiss and boom | 67 | |
| 14760631625 | Oxymoron | An expression in which trwo words that contradict each other are join | 68 | |
| 14760632493 | Parable | A short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory | 69 | |
| 14760633840 | Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself but turns out to have a rational meaning | 70 | |
| 14760636493 | Parallelism | Similarity of grammatical structures in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses | 71 | |
| 14760638414 | Pathos | The appeal to emotion/passion, relying on the manipulation of the audience's sentiments as a means of persausion (from the Greek meaing sufferign or experience) | 72 | |
| 14760641068 | Periodic Sentence | Sentence whose main clauses is withheld until the end | 73 | |
| 14760643669 | Polysyndeton | The use of many conjunction to achieve an overwhelming effect | 74 | |
| 14760644821 | Qualified Argument | An argument that is not absolute and acknowledges the merits of an opposing view but still develops a stronger case for its own position | 75 | |
| 14760647421 | Rebuttal | A part of an argument in which the writer ot speaker explains why the opposing position is wrong or shows how false it is | 76 | |
| 14760652325 | Counterargument | An opposing argument to the one a writer is putting forward | 77 | |
| 14760667793 | Red Herring | A fallacy that results when a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic in order to avoid the topic of discussion | 78 | |
| 14760669381 | Rejoinder | An answer to a reply | 79 | |
| 14760669826 | Refutation | The part of an argument in which the writer/speaker confronts (and, ideally, dissmantles) the contradiction point of view | 80 | |
| 14760674001 | Rhetoric | The art of effective, persuasive speaking or writing, especially through the use of figurative language and compositional techniques | 81 | |
| 14760677184 | Rogerian Argument | Argument based on the assumption that fully undersanding an opposing position is essential to responding to its persuasively and refuting it in a way that is accomodating rather than alienating | 82 | |
| 14760681816 | Romantic | Imaginary; having no basis in fact | 83 | |
| 14760682924 | Satire | The use of irony or sarcasm to critique society or an individual | 84 | |
| 14760684313 | Simpler Sentence | Sentence that contains a subject and a verb but contains only one independent clause (a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete thought) | 85 | |
| 14760691450 | Stock Character | A standard character who may be stereotyped, such as the miser or the feel, or universally recognized, liked the hard-boiled private eye in detective stories | 86 | |
| 14760698129 | Straw Man Fallacy | A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimlified example in order to ridicule and refute an opponent's viewpoint | 87 | |
| 14760701959 | Syllepsis | The linking of one word with two other words in two strikingly different ways | 88 | |
| 14760703595 | Syllogism | A kind of logical argument using deductive reasoning ; two or more propositions are asserted to be true, and a conclusion follows | 89 | |
| 14760707608 | Symbol | An object which is something in itself yet is used to represent something else | 90 | |
| 14760709945 | Synecdoche | The use of one part of an object to represnt the entire object, such as using "boards" to mean "a stage" or "wheels' to mean "a car" | 91 | |
| 14760713438 | Synesthesia | Describing one kind of sensation in terms of another, such as sound as color, color as sound, etc. | 92 | |
| 14760715444 | Synthesize | To combine two or more ideas in order to create something more complex in support of a new idea | 93 | |
| 14760717423 | Syntax | The arrangement of words within a sentence, includes sentence length and complexity, the varity and pattern of sentence form; inversion of natural word order; unusual juxtaposition; repetition; parallelism; use of acvie or passive voice; level of discourse | 94 | |
| 14760725048 | Tautology | Needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding | 95 | |
| 14760727716 | Tone | The attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience (may be described with words such as sardonic, apologetic, light-hearted, or somber) | 96 | |
| 14760730243 | Transition | Words and phrases providing connections between ideas, sentence, and paragraphs, thus increasing flow and presenting the price as a unfied whole | 97 | |
| 14760732580 | Understatement | The deliberate representation of soemthing as less in magnitude than it really is | 98 | |
| 14760733482 | Zeugma | Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different often incongrous, meanings | 99 |
