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| 10801574937 | Ad Populum | A misconception that a widespread occurrence of something is assumed to make an idea true or right. | 0 | |
| 10801582118 | Begging the Question | Taking for granted something that really needs proving. Considered a form of circular reasoning. | 1 | |
| 10801627748 | Either/Or reasoning | the tendency to see an issue as having only two sides. | 2 | |
| 10812532352 | Non Sequitur | "it does not follow" an inference or conclusion that does not logically follow established premises or evidence that preceeded it. | 3 | |
| 10812556120 | Dicto Simpliciter | An argument based on an unqualified or sweeping generalization in which a general rule is applied to a situation and acceptable exceptions are ignored. May include misunderstanding the nature of statistics. | 4 | |
| 10812565859 | Allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence | 5 | |
| 10812568492 | Allusion | An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event. | 6 | |
| 10812622649 | Simile | A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as | 7 | |
| 10812628787 | Metaphor | A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as | 8 | |
| 10812631435 | Hyperbole | Extravagant exaggeration | 9 | |
| 10812633994 | Imagery | Sensual figures of speech | 10 | |
| 10812639275 | Inference | The act of deriving as a conclusion from facts | 11 | |
| 10812644696 | Parody | a feeble or ridiculous imitation | 12 | |
| 10812647267 | Verbal Irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 13 | |
| 10812648579 | Situational Irony | An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected | 14 | |
| 10812649913 | Dramatic Irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 15 | |
| 10812651032 | Onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents. | 16 | |
| 10812651033 | Satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 17 | |
| 10812651034 | Point of view | the perspective from which a story is told | 18 | |
| 10812652039 | Setting | The time and place of a story | 19 | |
| 10812652115 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds | 20 |
