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5817334750Ad hominem(of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining0
5817334751Ambiguityuncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language1
5817334752AsyndetonJoining clauses while omitting coordinating words or conjunctions2
5817336048Balanced sentenceA sentence that employs parallel structure of approximately the same length and importance3
5817336049Complex sentenceA dependent clause and one or more independent clauses4
5817336050Compound sentenceTwo or more independent clauses5
5817337158Compound-complex sentenceTwo or more independent clauses and a dependent clause6
5817338667Cumulative SentenceA sentence where the main idea is elaborated by a long series of clauses7
5817338668EthosRefers to the character of a person8
5817338669FallacyFailures in reasoning that render arguments invalid9
5817340008Inverted SentenceA sentence in a normally subject-first language in which the verb comes before the noun10
5817340009LogosAn appeal to logic, means "word"11
5817340010MetonymySubstituting the name of an attribute for the thing meant12
5817340011ParallelismRepetition of similar or syntactical patterns13
5817342219PathosBroader appeals to emotion, used to defer to suffering14
5817342220Periodic sentenceA sentence that builds towards the end with the main clause (main idea at the end)15
5817344250PolysyndetonUsing several conjunctions in close succession16
5817344251QualifierSpecification of limits to the claim; warrent and backing17
5817344252RebuttalExceptions to the claim; description and rebuttal of counter-examples and counter-arguments18
5817345588Rhetorical TriangleA diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship between the speaker, subject, and audience19
5817345589SchemeA pattern of words or sentence construction used for rhetorical effect20
5817345590Simple sentenceContains one independent clause21
5817345591Straw manA sham argument set up to be defeated22
5817347019SynecdocheA figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa23
5817347020Toulmin modelA model for persuasive argument that consists of six parts: evidence, qualifier, claim, warrant, rebuttal, backing24
5817347021TropeA category of rhetorical devices that involves figures of speech or a nonliteral translation25
5817347022WarrentThe principle provision or chain of reasoning that connects the grounds/reason to the claim26
5817350157ZeugmaA figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses27

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