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| 8543443856 | ad hominem | Latin for "to the man" this fallacy refers to the specific diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker. [If you argue that a park in your community should not be renovated because the person supporting it was arrested during a domestic dispute, then you are guilty of using an ad hominem fallacy.] | 0 | |
| 8543496348 | ad populum | Latin for "to the people," this fallacy occurs when evidence used to defend an argument boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do." [If you argument that people should vote for Rachel Johnson because she has a strong lead in the polls, then you are guilty of using an ad populum fallacy. | 1 | |
| 8543523597 | anecdote | a brief story used to illustrate a point or claim | 2 | |
| 8543529733 | claim of fact | asserts that something is true or not true | 3 | |
| 8543538853 | claim of policy | proposes a change | 4 | |
| 8543546371 | claim of value | argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong | 5 | |
| 8543553640 | concession | an acknowledgment that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable | 6 | |
| 8543563373 | deduction | a logical process wherein you reach a conclusion by starting with a general principle or universal truth - a major permise - and applying it to a specific case - a [MINOR PREMISE = Yoga is a type of exercise. CONCLUSION = Yoga contributes to better heath] | 7 | |
| 8543624100 | induction | From the Latin inducere, "to lead into," induction is a logical process wherein you reason from particulars to universals, using specific cases in order to draw a conclusion, which is also called a generalization [Regular exercise promotes weight loss. Exercise lowers stress levels .Exercise improves mood and outlook.GENERALIZATION: Exercise contributes to better health.] | 8 | |
| 8543720333 | inversion | inverted order of words in a sentence [deviation from the subject-verb-object order] | 9 | |
| 8543736474 | irony, dramatic | tension created by the contrast between what a character says or think and what the audience or readers know to be true [As a result of this technique, some words and actions in a story or play take on a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters] | 10 | |
| 8543767439 | irony, situational | a discrepancy between what is expected and what actually happens | 11 | |
| 8543773645 | irony, verbal | a figure of speech that occurs when a speaker or character says one thing but means something else or when what is said is the opposite of what is expected, creating a noticeable incongruity. | 12 | |
| 8543793426 | metonymy | figure of speech in which something is represented by another thing that is related to it or emblematic of it [The pen is mightier than the sword.] | 13 | |
| 8543815097 | mood | the feeling or atmosphere created by a text | 14 | |
| 8543820807 | qualitative evidence | evidence supported by reason, tradition, or precedent | 15 | |
| 8543843110 | quantitative evidence | evidence includes things that can be measured, cited, counted, or otherwise represented in number [ for instance, statistics, surveys, polls, and census information] | 16 | |
| 8543864223 | refutation | a denial of the validity of all or part of an opposing argument | 17 | |
| 8543872603 | satire | the use of irony or sarcasm as a means of critique, usually of a society or a n individual | 18 | |
| 8543893718 | synecdoche | figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole [Because my bank account is running low this month, I have no choice but to start relying on my plastic .] | 19 | |
| 8543916181 | tone | a speaker's attitude toward the subject as conveyed by the speaker's stylistic and rhetorical choices. | 20 |
