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| 5759631207 | Forensics | establish past knowledge and rely on cause and effect | 0 | |
| 5759639344 | Deliberative | future arguments based on post influence | 1 | |
| 5759640338 | Definition | does a known object being in a specific category? | 2 | |
| 5759643189 | Causation | what caused something to be | 3 | |
| 5759644428 | Evaluation | quality of something | 4 | |
| 5759646933 | Proposal | actions to solve a problem | 5 | |
| 5759650520 | Arguable Proposition | action should be taken | 6 | |
| 5759652740 | Correlative | shows a relationship between ideas, events, and occurences | 7 | |
| 5759656353 | Expository Writing | explains or informs | 8 | |
| 5759658462 | Descriptive Writing | writing that tries to describe the idea in order to help the reader visualize it | 9 | |
| 5759662792 | Narrative Writing | writing that tells a story by recounting events | 10 | |
| 5759668752 | Persuasive Writing | writing that tries to influence a reader's thinking | 11 | |
| 5759671288 | Classification | writing that places a subject, (person , place, or thing), into categories | 12 | |
| 5759677588 | Extended Definition | fuller description than a dictionary | 13 | |
| 5759679289 | Exemplification | giving an example | 14 | |
| 5759682558 | Compare/Contrast | how a subject is alike or different | 15 | |
| 5759683722 | Cause and Effect | starts with a subject and then shows the effect of it or causes of it | 16 | |
| 5759686723 | Claim | controversial and debatable statement | 17 | |
| 5759690281 | Qualifiers | limit your claim to a more reasonable level | 18 | |
| 5759692979 | Rebuttal | the ability to view the other side's argument and decide whether it raises points | 19 | |
| 5759697583 | Concession | counterpart that overrides the opponents point | 20 | |
| 5759701522 | Refutation | to bring up opponent argument in order to show flaws in argument | 21 | |
| 5759707073 | Antanagoge | the placing of an unavoidable negative point next to a positive one | 22 | |
| 5759710955 | Procatalepsis | raising objections to your own argument that you want to address | 23 | |
| 5759714657 | Irrelevance | showing that an opponent's argument does not apply to the point you are making | 24 | |
| 5759717464 | Counter Claim | taking a claim and showing the opposing view | 25 | |
| 5759720956 | Induction | a method of reasoning that moves from specific instances to a general conclusion | 26 | |
| 5759725193 | Deduction | a method of reasoning that moves from general to specific | 27 | |
| 5759728889 | Generality | An imprecise or vague statement or idea | 28 | |
| 5759730760 | Analogy | using a simpler idea or system to explain a more complex idea or system | 29 | |
| 5759733399 | Sign | the notion that certain types of evidence are symptomatic of some wider principle | 30 | |
| 5759737306 | Causal | An occurrence or even in the result of, or is affected by, factor X | 31 | |
| 5759744676 | Authority | using various individuals of prominence to support and idea | 32 | |
| 5759748140 | Principle | an abstract belief among people | 33 | |
| 5759749227 | Syllogism | in logic, a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major and minor premise, and a conclusion | 34 | |
| 5759754681 | Contextual | background information that establishes the parameters of the argument | 35 | |
| 5759758676 | Pathos | appeal to emotions | 36 | |
| 5759760269 | Ethos | appeal to ethics | 37 | |
| 5759760270 | Logos | appeal to logic and reason | 38 | |
| 5759766183 | Anadiplosis | takes the last word of a sentence or phrase and repeats it as the first word of the next sentence or phrase | 39 | |
| 5759769686 | Asyndeton | leaves out conjunctions in a non- standard way | 40 | |
| 5759774663 | Polysyndeton | adding coordinators after every member in a list | 41 | |
| 5759777503 | Antithesis | opposite | 42 | |
| 5759779677 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences or clauses adding emphasis | 43 | |
| 5759783969 | Parallelism | balance of structure | 44 | |
| 5759786459 | Zeugma | a structure in which two elements of a sentence are linked by a governing third element in a suggestive way | 45 | |
| 5759789977 | Chiasmus | a special form of parallelism that flips the original form around | 46 | |
| 5759793475 | Juxtaposition | an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast | 47 | |
| 5759800104 | Periodic Sentence | a sentence that is not grammatically correct until the physical end of the sentence | 48 | |
| 5759804047 | Loose Sentence | A sentence in which the sentence is grammatically complete before it's physically complete | 49 | |
| 5759809353 | Apothegm(atic) | a short, simple sentence that follows a series of longer more complex sentences | 50 | |
| 5759812790 | Hypophora | asking a question and then proceeding to answer it | 51 | |
| 5759815880 | Metaphor | a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as" | 52 | |
| 5759818227 | Simile | a comparison of two things using "like" or "as" | 53 | |
| 5759820788 | Personification | giving non-human object human-like characteristics | 54 | |
| 5759828997 | Hyperbole | over exaggeration of something | 55 | |
| 5759831378 | Irony | where the unexpected outcome takes place | 56 | |
| 5759843796 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech where a part is used to reference a whole | 57 | |
| 5759846595 | Synesthesia | confusion of the senses | 58 | |
| 5759848780 | Genre | class or category of writing | 59 | |
| 5759849982 | Diction | author's word choice | 60 | |
| 5759852135 | Denotation | dictionary definition | 61 | |
| 5759854291 | Connotation | emotional association of a word | 62 | |
| 5759855774 | Euphemism | taking an unpleasant idea and making it sound better | 63 | |
| 5759857994 | Cliche | a phrase or expression that has been used so often it's no longer original | 64 | |
| 5759861202 | Semantics | study of language and use of words | 65 | |
| 5759862584 | Litotes | emphasizes a point by using a word opposite to the condition. Denies the contrary | 66 | |
| 5759866391 | Malapropism | humorous confusion of words | 67 | |
| 5759869750 | Colloquialism | regional term | 68 | |
| 5759871089 | Motif | repeated element in a work | 69 | |
| 5759874406 | Archetype | a symbol that transcends time and culture | 70 | |
| 5759877672 | Satire | wit used to attack and mock | 71 | |
| 5759883387 | Caricature | to make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of someone or something | 72 | |
| 5759888311 | Parody | imitative use of the words, style, attitude, tone, and ideas of an author, genre, or style in such way to make them ridiculous | 73 | |
| 5759893731 | Symbolism | a sign | 74 | |
| 5759896676 | Paradox | idea that looks false at first but there is truth to it | 75 | |
| 5759898898 | Oxymoron | contradictory statement | 76 | |
| 5759900372 | Allusion | famous historical reference | 77 | |
| 5759903020 | Epigraph | writing on the outside | 78 | |
| 5759903021 | Objective | viewing something w/ out bias | 79 | |
| 5759904871 | Subjective | viewing something w/ bias | 80 | |
| 5759907735 | Digression | slowly getting off topic | 81 | |
| 5759909813 | Non Sequitar | being completely off topic | 82 | |
| 5759980972 | Ad Hominem Fallacy | involves ignoring the issue at attacking the opponent personally. Sometimes it is subtle. | 83 | |
| 5759997748 | Ad Hominem tu quoque Fallacy | hypocrisy argument | 84 | |
| 5760006804 | You're-not-qualified fallacy | involves failing to address the issue that's been raised by an opponent and attacking his qualifications instead | 85 | |
| 5760016803 | Ad Populum Fallacy | involves the attempt to win an argument by appealing to the masses, the audience, a mob, or a crowd instead of appealing to reason | 86 | |
| 5760032608 | Appeal to Emotion Fallacy | fallacy is used when the arguer takes advantage of emotion to prove his case. Emotions often used include fear, flattery, pity, ridicule and spite | 87 | |
| 5760049785 | Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy | involves arguing that something is true because the opposite has not been proven (Argumentum ad Ignorantiam) | 88 | |
| 5760055446 | Appeal to Force Fallacy | involves threatening someone to get him/her to agree with a stance (Arguementum ad baculum) | 89 | |
| 5760060949 | Red Herring Fallacy | involves taking the audience's attention off of the issues at hand and focusing it on an unrelated issue | 90 | |
| 5760064940 | Over-Generalization Fallacy | involves assigning a characteristic to an entire group on the basis of only one or two observations | 91 | |
| 5760069791 | Guilt by Association Fallacy | involves holding that two unlike items or persons can be equated, one with the other, because of a single common characteristic or belief | 92 | |
| 5760077582 | Hasty Generalization Fallacy | logical fallacy in which not enough evidence is used to come to a conclusion | 93 | |
| 5760086706 | Thin, entering wedge Fallacy | involves directly projecting past or present observations into the future without considering factors that could alter the direction or the magnitude of the projection | 94 | |
| 5760094966 | Cause and Effect Fallacy | involves assuming that just because event A preceded event B, event A must necessarily be the cause of event B (Post Hoc) | 95 | |
| 5760102295 | Misused Appeal to Authority Fallacy | involves believing that those held to be wise or those who are famous cannot be wrong | 96 | |
| 5760106167 | Figures Prove Fallacy | manipulation of statistics | 97 | |
| 5760110203 | Begging the Question Fallacy | involves offering a conclusion that turns out to be the premise, just restated (a circular argument) | 98 | |
| 5760128684 | Self-Evident Truth Fallacy | involves stating a conclusion without first offering the necessary premises for that conclusion | 99 | |
| 5760134616 | Non Sequitur Fallacy | involves the argument in which the conclusion does not follow its premise. A=B; B=C; therefore, A=C | 100 | |
| 5760147113 | Argument Ad Nauseam Fallacy | false conception that a statement is likely to be true if it has been repeated many times (Argument from Repetition) | 101 | |
| 5760151847 | Slippery Slope Fallacy | similar to thin, entering wedge. Arguer is claiming that one action in the present will result in more problems in the future | 102 | |
| 5760158510 | Straw Man Fallacy | the act of misrepresenting another's opinion so that you can present a case that is easily knocked down | 103 | |
| 5760163985 | Either-or Fallacy | the false dilemma is when a debater narrows down a complicated issue to an either-or situation | 104 | |
| 5760168597 | False Analogy Fallacy | involves offering an item as analogous to another item despite the absence of a marked similarity between the two items | 105 | |
| 5760178540 | Oversimplification Fallacy | involves representing a complex and/or multifaceted problem in a simplistic manner | 106 | |
| 5760183334 | Gambler's Fallacy | involves believing that the laws of chance indicate something will happen | 107 | |
| 5760189388 | Types of Argument | Definition, Evaluation, Ethics, Proposal, Causation (DEEPC) | 108 | |
| 5760197401 | Rhetorical Situation | Persona, Audience, Purpose, Rhetorical Moves (MAPP) | 109 | |
| 5760200020 | Purposes | Physical, Intellectual, Emotional | 110 | |
| 5760203857 | Types of Support | Statistics, Facts, Authority, Examples, Anecdotes, Narrative (SAFE AN) | 111 | |
| 5760207165 | Coherence | Transition, Reminder of Topic, Explanation of Support | 112 | |
| 5760214738 | Types of Irony | Verbal: "Nice Hair", Structural: form doesn't match function "Modest Proposal", Dramatic: Oedipus, Situational: Fahrenheit 451, Cosmic: Oedipus- gods manipulate, Romantic: author misleads | 113 | |
| 5760236805 | Types of Satire | Horatian: tolerant, witty, wise, Juvenalian: angry, caustic, resentful, Understatement: force of a descriptive statement, Direct: Talks directly to the audience, Indirect: is produced by modes, Wit: Intelligent humor, Low Brow: sexual jokes | 114 | |
| 5760321275 | Apostrophe | where the author comes out of the form they are writing | 115 | |
| 5760339304 | Types of Reasoning | Generality, Analogy, Sign, Causal, Authority, Principle (GASCAP) | 116 | |
| 6333513123 | Metonomy | when one word replaces another | 117 | |
| 6333514417 | Understatement | the presentation of something smaller, worse, or less important than it is | 118 | |
| 6333519982 | Jargon | language that is particular to a trait or perfection | 119 | |
| 6333524567 | Vernacular | native language of a place | 120 | |
| 6333528497 | Figurative Imagery | to use objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses | 121 | |
| 6333532883 | Lampoon | creative works that uses sharp humor to point to the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general | 122 | |
| 6333537296 | Dialectic | centers on a proposed argument or thesis, and then counters that point of view with possible opposing ideas | 123 | |
| 6333543398 | Pastoral | writing that extolls the virtue of the countryside/nature | 124 | |
| 6333546532 | Didactic | emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature | 125 | |
| 6333548970 | Allegory | characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for political or historical situations | 126 | |
| 6333553894 | Pedantry | writing that is overwrought with rules and form | 127 | |
| 6333556053 | Discourse | written or spoken communications | 128 |
