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| 7242289993 | converse accident fallacy | logical foul that uses a bad example to make a generalization. ex: because we allow terminally ill patients to use heroin, we should allow everyone to use heroin. | 0 | |
| 7242289994 | coordinating conjunction | FANBOYS-for, and, nor, but, yet, so; joins equal words or sentences | 1 | |
| 7242289995 | deductive reasoning | using logic to draw conclusions | 2 | |
| 7242289996 | deliberative rhetoric | deals with matters in the future and argument choices | 3 | |
| 7242289997 | demonstrative rhetoric | deals with matters in the present and values | 4 | |
| 7242289998 | denotation | dictionary definition of a word | 5 | |
| 7242289999 | diacope | repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words, "to cut into two" ex: "the horror! oh, the horror!" | 6 | |
| 7242290000 | didactic | fiction or nonfiction that is intended to teach a moral or specific lesson ex: fables | 7 | |
| 7242290001 | dubitatio | feigned doubt about ability to speak well | 8 | |
| 7242290002 | ellipsis | in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods ex: ... | 9 | |
| 7242290003 | enargeia | vivid descriptiond that make readers think something is happening before their eyes | 10 | |
| 7242290004 | enthymeme | an argument in which one premise is not explicitly stated. states a claim and bases it on a common opinion. | 11 | |
| 7242290005 | enumeration | listing things off one by one | 12 | |
| 7242290006 | epideictic | an argument that deals with current values and addresses questions of praise and blame. high ceremonial speeches. ex: graduation speeches and eulogies | 13 | |
| 7242290007 | epithet | a descriptive name or phrase used to characterize someone or something | 14 | |
| 7242290008 | equivocation | the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself. intentionally using vague language. | 15 | |
| 7242290009 | eristic | prone to controversy; disputatious; argumentative | 16 | |
| 7242290010 | erotesis | a manner of phrasing a question that presupposes an answer that is either a strong affirmative or, more often, a strong negative. | 17 | |
| 7242290011 | ethos | beliefs or character of a group, credibility, ethics | 18 | |
| 7242290012 | eunoia | foundation of inductive logic | 19 |
