The TYFA words in Appendix 2 not mentioned in Mr. Kozar's TYFA set.
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| 194274270 | accismus | the figure of coyness | |
| 194274271 | adianoeta | the figure of hidden meaning | |
| 194274272 | a fortiori | The Mikey-likes-it! argument. If something less likely is true, then something more likely is bound to be true. Similarly, if you accomplished a difficult thing, you're more likely to accomplish an easier one. | |
| 194274273 | anthropomorphism | A logical fallacy--it attributes human traits to a non-human creature or object. Common to owners of pets. | |
| 194274274 | concessio | Concession, the jujitsu figure. You seem to agree with your opponent's point, only to use it to your advantage. | |
| 194274275 | converse accident fallacy | A logical foul that uses a bad example to make a generalization. | |
| 194274276 | dialectic | The purely logical debate of philosophers. Its purpose is to discover the truth through dialogue. Logical fallacies are verboten in dialectic. Rhetoric, on the other hand, allows them. | |
| 194274277 | dialysis | The this-not-that figure. "Don't buy the shoes. Buy the colors." People take your wisdom more seriously if you put it cryptically; it's the idiot savant approach. | |
| 194274278 | disinterest | Freedom of special interests. Technical name=eunoia | |
| 194274279 | dubitatio | Feigned doubt about your ability to speak well. | |
| 194274280 | enargeia | The special effects of figures--vivid description that makes an audience believe something is taking place before their very eyes. | |
| 194274281 | epergesis | The correction figure. | |
| 194274282 | example | The foundation of inductive logic. | |
| 194274283 | ignoratio elenchi | The fallacy of proving the wrong conclusion. | |
| 194274284 | innuendo | The technique of planting negative ideas in the audience's head. | |
| 194274285 | metanoia | The self-editing figure. You stop to correct yourself with a stronger point. | |
| 194274286 | metaphor | A figure that makes something represent something else. | |
| 194274287 | metonymy | A figure of swap. It makes a part stand fora whole, or vice versa. | |
| 194274288 | paradox | The contrary figure, an impossible pair. | |
| 194274289 | paraprosdokian | This figure attaches a surprise ending to public opinion or belief. | |
| 194274290 | polysyndeton | A figure that links clauses with a repeated conjunction. | |
| 194274291 | prolepsis | A figure of thought that anticipates an opponent's or audience's objections. | |
| 194274292 | prosopopeia | The figure of personification. | |
| 194274293 | quibbling | Using careful language to obfuscate. Rhetorical term=leptologia. | |
| 194274294 | rhetoric | The art of persuasion. |
