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| 9956931185 | Ad Hominem | "against the man" -- attacking the person not the argument. Ex. "How can you trust the mayor to do a good job on the economy when he was just caught cheating on his wife?" | 0 | |
| 9956931186 | Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row deliberately Ex. "We will fight in the street. We will fight in the air. We will fight in the sea. We will fight, and we will never - surrender." | 1 | |
| 9956931187 | Apostrophe | When a writer addresses something or someone who cannot respond Ex. "Oh Shakespeare, I love your plays" OR "Lovely tree, your beauty is to me..." | 2 | |
| 9956931188 | Asyndeton | Commas used with no conjunction to separate a series of words Ex. "The assassin was fast, menacing, deadly, remorseless." | 3 | |
| 9956931189 | Begging the Question | This is when the believability of the evidence depends on the believability of the claim Ex. "Since lowering taxes always helps the economy, it's right to lower taxes." | 4 | |
| 9956931190 | Chaismus | A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed Ex. "I flee who chases me and chase who flees me." | 5 | |
| 9956931192 | Deductive Reasoning | Reasoning that begins with a general principle and concludes with a specific instance that demonstrates that principle | 6 | |
| 9956931193 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a group of words at the end of successive clauses Ex. "They saw no evil; they spoke no evil; they heard no evil." | 7 | |
| 9956931195 | Ethical Appeal | When a writer tries to persuade the audience to believe him/her based on self-image Ex. "You all know me to an honest person with no ambition; therefore, you must believe that I seek the throne only because it is demanded of me." | 8 | |
| 9956931196 | False Dilemma | Claiming that only two choices exist when there are other possibilities Ex. "You're either with us or against us." | 9 | |
| 9956931198 | Generalization | When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim applies to all instances instead of some Ex. "Of course she is lying. All politicians lie." | 10 | |
| 9956931199 | Inversion | Variation of normal word order to emphasize what comes first in the sentence Ex. "Actions, I want, not words." | 11 | |
| 9956931200 | Lithotes | Understatement used to subtly criticize or dismiss a notion Ex. "It wasn't the worst performance I've ever seen." | 12 | |
| 9956931202 | Metonymy | An entity referred to by one of its attributes Ex. "The admissions office claims applications have risen." | 13 | |
| 9956931204 | Non Sequitor | "It does not follow" -- When one statement isn't logically connected to another Ex. " Of course he can't keep track of his finances. He can't even play tennis." | 14 | |
| 9956931205 | Oversimplification | When a writer obscures or denies the complexity of the issue Ex. "To help the economy, all we have to do is put everyone to work." | 15 | |
| 9956931206 | Paradox | A seemingly contradictory statement that is actually true Ex. "In order to love righteously, you must die to you self." | 16 | |
| 9956931207 | Parallelism | Sentence construction which places in close proximity two or more equal grammatical constructions Ex. "She flares her nostrils, purses her lips, and grinds her teeth when she gets angry." | 17 | |
| 9956931208 | Periodic | Sentence that places the main idea or central idea at the end of the sentence Ex. After packing the clothes, and making sure everything was in perfect order for when he came home, she signed the divorce paper." | 18 | |
| 9956931209 | Polysyndeton | Sentence which uses and/or another conjunction with no commas to separate the items in a series Ex. "He whines and complains and mutters and drives everyone crazy." | 19 | |
| 9956931211 | Red Herring | When a writer raises an irrelevent issue to draw attention away form the real issue Ex. "Ms. Swanson wants to know why the business is losing money. Maybe we should look at her affiliation with the house burned down." | 20 | |
| 9956931216 | Rhetorical Triangle |  | 21 | |
| 9956931212 | Straw Man | When a writer argues against a claim that is universally considered weak Ex. Some people argue that family isn't important anymore. Well, I disagree with that." | 22 | |
| 9956931213 | Syllogism | Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises Ex. "People trust those who are honest, You often lie. Therefore people don't trust yup." | 23 | |
| 9956931214 | Trope | An artful variation from expected modes of expression of thoughts and ideas | 24 | |
| 9956931215 | Zeugma | A trope in which on word, usually a noun or the main verb, governs two other words not released in meaning Ex. "She drowned her soccers and her cat." | 25 |
