| 6664016865 | Exemplication | Providing a series of examples, turns a general idea into a concrete idea, often helps clarify or illustrate a point or argument, Often used in inductive arguments (reasoning from specifics pieces of evidence to a more general conclusion) | | 0 |
| 6664016866 | Description | The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that being described. Sometimes an author engages all five senses. | | 1 |
| 6664016867 | Exposition | A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers. The word comes from the Latin language and its literal | | 2 |
| 6664016868 | Narration | Telling a story or recounting a series of events, may be real or fictional, usually governed by chronology, and must support a thesis | | 3 |
| 6664016869 | Argumentation | The purpose of this rhetorical mode is to prove the validity of an idea, or point of view, by presenting sound reasoning, discussion, and argument that thoroughly convince the reader. | | 4 |
| 6664073440 | Compare and Contrast | Juxtaposing two things to highlight their similarities and differences | | 5 |
| 6664073441 | Process Analysis | explaining step by step how to do something or how something is done | | 6 |
| 6664073442 | Definition Analysis | | | 7 |
| 6666868088 | Ethos (appeal to authority) | Sense the author gives as being fair/competent/authority: Trustworthiness, credibility, expert testimony, reliable sources, fairness | | 8 |
| 6666870655 | Logos (appeal to logic/reasoning) | Logic/Reasoning Ability: Facts, Case Studies, Statistics, Experiments, Logical Reasoning, Analogies, Anecdotes, Authority | | 9 |
| 6666873845 | Pathos (appeal | Appeal to beliefs and feelings and higher emotions: fear, love, pity, greed, lust, revenge | | 10 |
| 6666886804 | Tone | the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation | | 11 |
| 6666894095 | Subject | a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with. | | 12 |
| 6666894096 | Purpose | the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. | | 13 |
| 6666895155 | Audience | the person for whom a writer writes, or composer composes. A writer uses a particular style of language, tone, and content according to what he knows about his audience. In simple words, audience refers to the spectators, listeners, and intended readers of a writing, performance, or speech. | | 14 |
| 6666896600 | Occasion | an environment of ideas, attitudes, and emotions that swirl around a broad issue, an event or situation that catches the writer's attention and triggers a response. | | 15 |
| 6666911371 | Generalization | As a broad statement or an idea that applies to a group of people or things. Oftentimes, generalizations are not entirely true, because there may be examples of individuals or situations wherein the generalization does not apply. | | 16 |
| 6666911372 | Anecdote | a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh. Anecdotes can include an extensive range of tales and stories. | | 17 |
| 6666913720 | Hypothetical Example | circumstance, condition, scenario, or situation: OK, let's consider this possibility then—just as a hypothetical | | 18 |
| 6666914831 | Social-Typical Example | | | 19 |
| 6666914832 | Personal Example | An example about you, related to you or affecting you, as opposed to the outside world or to anyone else. | | 20 |
| 6666916176 | Open Thesis | A one to two sentence condensation of the argument and/or topic to follow. | | 21 |
| 6666916177 | Closed Thesis | The thesis is a declarative sentence. It is a clear, specific statement, which states the main point of a the paper, thereby limiting the topic and indicating the researcher's approach to the topic. | | 22 |
| 6666917832 | Counterclaim Thesis | A claim that negates or disagrees with the thesis/claim. | | 23 |
| 6666920191 | Deductive Reasoning | is a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true. | | 24 |
| 6666920192 | Inductive Reasoning | Induction is known as a conclusion reached through reasoning. An inductive statement is derived using facts and instances which lead to the formation of a general opinion. | | 25 |
| 6666922189 | Assertion | is a stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or an fact | | 26 |
| 6666922190 | Syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") | | 27 |
| 6666923003 | Premise | A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition. | | 28 |
| 6666926364 | Conclusion | "finally, to sum up," and is used to introduce some final comments at the end of a speech or piece of writing. The phrase jump to conclusions means "to come to a judgment without enough evidence." A foregone conclusion is an outcome that seems certain. | | 29 |
| 6666926365 | Digression | s a stylistic device authors employ to create a temporary departure from the main subject of the narrative to focus on apparently unrelated topics, explaining background details | | 30 |
| 6666927421 | Antithesis | means opposite and is used as a literary device to put two contrasting ideas together. This emphasizes the difference between the two ideas and adds interest to writing | | 31 |
| 6666927422 | Implication | The act of implicating or the condition of being implicated. The act of implying or the condition of being implied. Something that is implied, especially: a. An indirect indication; a suggestion. | | 32 |
| 6666928260 | Dilemma | which means double proposition, or perplexing situation, which presents two different possibilities, and both of them seem practically acceptable | | 33 |
| 6666928261 | Concession | is a literary device used in argumentative writing where one acknowledges a point made by one's opponent. It allows for different opinions and approaches toward an issue, indicating an understanding of what causes the actual debate or controversy | | 34 |
| 6666928262 | Refutation | The literary term refutation denotes that part of an argument where a speaker or a writer encounters contradicting points of view. Alternatively, refutation can be described as the negation of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, through contradicting evidence | | 35 |
| 6666929865 | Qualifying Claim | Qualifiers are words like "some" or "many" or "most" or "often" etc that differentiate a fact or claim from concepts such as "all" or "always". | | 36 |
| 6666929866 | Claim of Fact | A claim of fact posits whether something is
true or untrue, but there must always be the
potential for controversy, conflict and
conversion | | 37 |
| 6666930584 | Claim of Value | Attempt to prove that some things are more or less desirable than others. Express approval or disapproval or taste and morality. Make a judgment Claim of Value Attempt to prove some action, belief, or condition is right or wrong, good or bad. | | 38 |
| 6666931553 | Claim of Policy | Claims of policy typically provide a solution or
another series of questions in response to the
claims of fact. | | 39 |
| 6687670921 | Declarative Sentence | Also known as a statement. A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period. | | 40 |
| 6687737146 | Interrogatory Sentence | An interrogative sentence is a sentence whose grammatical form indicates that it is a question. | | 41 |
| 6687756124 | Exclamatory sentence | An exclamatory sentence, or exclamation, is a more forceful version of a declarative sentence. In other words, an exclamatory sentence makes a statement (just like a declarative sentence), but it also conveys excitement or emotion. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark (!) | | 42 |
| 6687779626 | Imperative sentence | an imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command. | | 43 |
| 6687788709 | Dependent/Subordinate clause | A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can't stand alone.
A subordinate clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause (e.g., "when it rang" in "she answered the phone when it rang"). | | 44 |
| 6687807553 | Independent/Insubordinate clause | An independent clause is a sentence.
An insubordinate clause consists of a subject and a verb and conveys a complete thought. | | 45 |
| 6687845579 | Simple Sentence | A sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate. | | 46 |
| 6687853746 | Complex Sentence | A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses. | | 47 |
| 6687870978 | Compound Sentence | A sentence with more than one subject or predicate. | | 48 |
| 6687894384 | Compound- Complex Sentence | A sentence having two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. | | 49 |
| 6687902607 | Noun | A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things common noun, or to name a particular one of these proper noun. | | 50 |
| 6687912952 | Verb | A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen. | | 51 |
| 6687917839 | Adverb | A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ). | | 52 |
| 6687948653 | Gerund | A form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing, e.g., asking in do you mind my asking you? | | 53 |
| 6687954305 | Infinitive | The basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject or tense (e.g., see in we came to see, let him see ). | | 54 |
| 6687984476 | Interjection | An abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption. | | 55 |
| 6687996388 | Participle | A word formed from a verb (e.g., going, gone, being, been ) and used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burned toast ) or a noun (e.g., good breeding ). In English, participles are also used to make compound verb forms (e.g., is going, has been ). | | 56 |
| 6687999253 | Appropriate Verb Tense | The simple verb tenses are past, present, and future. Progressive tenses use a form of the verb "to be" along with the -ing form of the verb to indicate continual or recurring action. | | 57 |
| 6688006166 | Subject/verb agreement | When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by or or nor, use a singular verb. | | 58 |
| 6688010357 | pronoun agreement (incorrect gender agreement) | An antecedent is a word for which a pronoun stands. ( ante = "before") The pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number. Rule: A singular pronoun must replace a singular noun; a plural pronoun must replace a plural noun. | | 59 |
| 6688103453 | Idioms | A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ). | | 60 |
| 6688103454 | Qualification | A statement or assertion that makes another less absolute. | | 61 |
| 6688109586 | Chiasmus | A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. 'Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.'. | | 62 |
| 6688109587 | Parallel structure | Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction. | | 63 |
| 6688117375 | Juvenalian Satire | Bitter and ironic criticism of contemporary persons and institutions that is filled with personal invective, angry moral indignation, and pessimism. | | 64 |
| 6688126035 | Horatian Satire | Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings. | | 65 |
| 6688128094 | Allegory/parable | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. | | 66 |
| 6688164857 | Ambiguity | The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. | | 67 |
| 6688225226 | Diminution | It reduces the size of something in order that it may be made to appear ludicrous, or in order to be closely examined. ... A diminutive satire is Gulliver's Travels. | | 68 |
| 6688173266 | Exaggeration (caricature and burlesque) | A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
A caricature is a character who is given a combination of oversimplified and exaggerated characteristics and features.
The characteristic device of burlesque is mockery of both high and low through association with their opposites: a burlesque of high and low life. | | 69 |
| 6688816447 | Distortion | the action of distorting or the state of being distorted. | | 70 |
| 6688818369 | Farce | a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. | | 71 |
| 6688821638 | Incongruity | the state of being incongruous or out of keeping.
"the incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her" | | 72 |
| 6688824446 | Innuendo | an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. | | 73 |
| 6688824447 | Invective | insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.
"he let out a stream of invective" | | 74 |
| 6688842459 | Knaves and fools | The knaves expose the fools who are acting naive. KNAVES & FOOLS. Comical satire occurs when the knaves poke fun of the fools when they are "asking" for trouble. | | 75 |
| 6688842491 | Malapropism | the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, "dance a flamingo " (instead of flamenco ). | | 76 |
| 6688862706 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). | | 77 |
| 6688864834 | Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
"the movie is a parody of the horror genre" | | 78 |
| 6688864835 | Reduction | the action or fact of making a specified thing smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
"talks on arms reduction" | | 79 |
| 6688877651 | Reversal | To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond. normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. OR a change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action. | | 80 |
| 6688877652 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
"a master of English understatement" | | 81 |
| 6688881195 | Situational Irony | Image result for Situational Ironyinfograph.venngage.com
situational irony. noun. irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected | | 82 |
| 6688883505 | Cosmic Irony | cosmic irony. noun. the idea that fate, destiny, or a god controls and toys with human hopes and expectations; also, the belief that the universe is so large and man is so small that the universe is indifferent to the plight of man; also called irony of fate. | | 83 |
| 6688883506 | Verbal Irony | Verbal Irony is when words express something contrary to truth or someone says the opposite of what they really feel or mean. Verbal irony is often sarcastic. | | 84 |
| 6689135038 | Socratic Irony | when you pretend to be ignorant to expose the ignorance or inconsistency of someone else. | | 85 |
| 6689143675 | Allusion | An allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds. | | 86 |
| 6689143676 | Hypothesis | a prediction. It is an educated guess as to how a scientific experiment will turn out. It is an educated guess because it is based on previous research, training, observation, and a review of the relevant research literature. | | 87 |
| 6689146865 | Colloquialism | colloquialism is the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. Colloquial expressions tend to sneak in as writers, being part of a society, are influenced by the way people speak in that society. | | 88 |
| 6689160778 | Formal diction | Formal diction is a style of writing or speaking that uses complicated sentence structures, perfect grammatical form, and a wide range of vocabulary words. | | 89 |
| 6689163523 | Informal diction | is the relaxed, conversational language that we use every day. Informal diction is used to address a familiar audience such as family or friends. | | 90 |
| 6689165340 | Periodic Sentence Structure | A periodic sentence has the main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made. It can also create suspense or interest for the reader. | | 91 |
| 6689165341 | Connotation | Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. | | 92 |
| 6689166915 | Denotation | Denotation is generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. | | 93 |
| 6689169279 | Frame of Reference | a structure of concepts, values, customs, views, etc., by means of which an individual or group perceives or evaluates data, communicates ideas, and regulates behavior. | | 94 |
| 6689169280 | Diction | Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. | | 95 |
| 6689171974 | Abstract generalization | when a write bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable | | 96 |
| 6689171975 | Jargon | Jargon is a literary term that is defined as a use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade. These specialized terms are used to convey hidden meanings accepted and understood in that field. | | 97 |
| 6689174307 | Juxtaposition | Juxtaposition is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. | | 98 |
| 6689174308 | Antecedent | antecedent is a literary device in which a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word, for instance, "while giving treats to children or friends offer them whatever they like." | | 99 |
| 6691525030 | Abstraction | Abstract: Used as a noun, the term refers to a short summary or outline of a longer work. As an adjective applied to writing or literary works, abstract refers to words or phrases that name things not knowable through the five senses. | | 100 |
| 6691526291 | Abstract noun | a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
"the website contains considerably more abstract nouns than hard facts" | | 101 |
| 6691535766 | Lexicon | In an over-simplified sense, we might say lexicon is a fancy term scholars use when most people would simply say dictionary, i.e., a complete list of words and their definitions. To be more accurate, we might define lexicon as all the material found in the dictionary--i.e., a list of all the available terms in a language's lexis. | | 102 |
| 6691535767 | Allusion | Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. | | 103 |
| 6691537486 | Analogy | Analogy The comparison of two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one. | | 104 |
| 6691537487 | Anecdote | Anecdote is defined as a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh. Anecdotes can include an extensive range of tales and stories. | | 105 |
| 6691576808 | Panegyric | a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
"Vera's panegyric on friendship" | | 106 |
| 6691576809 | Antihesis | Antithesis, literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. | | 107 |
| 6691578009 | Apostrophe | In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation "O". A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. | | 108 |
| 6691579437 | Assertion | When someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it, as if it is true though it may not be, he is making an assertion. Assertion is a stylistic approach or technique involving a strong declaration, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or an fact. | | 109 |
| 6691579438 | Bias | Bias is a tendency to favor one person, group, thing or point of view over another, often in an unfair way. | | 110 |
| 6691580491 | Cadence | the term used to signal the rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece. In poetry, it is the momentary changes in rhythm and pitch. Cadences help set the rhythmic paces of a literary piece. | | 111 |
| 6691649769 | Candor | the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression | | 112 |
| 6691649770 | Circular Reasoning | circle in proving"; also known as circular logic) is a logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with. The components of a circular argument are often logically valid because if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true. | | 113 |
| 6691653193 | Circumlotion | the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive. | | 114 |
| 6691653194 | Cliche | a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought | | 115 |
| 6691656199 | Concrete vs Abstract Language | Abstract words refer to intangible qualities, ideas, and concepts. These words indicate things we know only through our intellect, like "truth," "honor," "kindness," and "grace." Concrete words refer to tangible, qualities or characteristics, things we know through our senses. | | 116 |
| 6691656225 | Diatribe | a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something. | | 117 |
| 6691658545 | Double Entendre | a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent. | | 118 |
| 6691660556 | Ellipsis | the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. | | 119 |
| 6691663559 | Emotive Language | Emotive language describes words and phrases meant to evoke an emotional response to a subject. | | 120 |
| 6691663560 | Epigram | a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. | | 121 |
| 6691664578 | Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. | | 122 |
| 6691664579 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | | 123 |
| 6691665926 | Imagery | Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | | 124 |
| 6691669013 | Maxim aka. aphorism | a short, easily remembered expression of a basic principle, general truth or rule of conduct. Think of a maxim as a nugget of wisdom―or at least of apparent wisdom. Maxims are universal and testify to the commonality of human existence. | | 125 |
| 6691669014 | Rhetorical Question | A rhetorical question is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer. It might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect. | | 126 |
| 6691673318 | Slanted Language | Its the use of language to state your positive/negative opinions about the subject of your statement instead of being neutral. | | 127 |
| 6691675607 | Slogans | Advertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. | | 128 |
| 6691675608 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | | 129 |
| 6691678627 | Anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. | | 130 |
| 6691678628 | Apposition | When we use two noun phrases (np) next to each other in a clause, and they refer to the same person or thing | | 131 |
| 6691679983 | Archetype | archetype is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature. An archetype, also known as universal symbol, may be a character, a theme, a symbol or even a setting. | | 132 |
| 6691682017 | Gesticulation | a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words. | | 133 |
| 6691683736 | Hasty Generalization | Hasty generalization is an informal fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence—essentially making a hasty conclusion without considering all of the variables. | | 134 |
| 6691685146 | Appeal to ignorance | This fallacy occurs when you argue that your conclusion must be true, because there is no evidence against it. This fallacy wrongly shifts the burden of proof away from the one making the claim. | | 135 |
| 6691688462 | No true Scotsman | no true scotsman fallacy is a way of reinterpreting evidence in order to prevent the refutation of one's position. Proposed counter-examples to a theory are dismissed as irrelevant solely because they are counter-examples, but purportedly because they are not what the theory is about. | | 136 |
| 6691688463 | False appeal to authority | This fallacy is also known as an Appeal to an Unidentified Authority. This fallacy is committed when a person asserts that a claim is true because an expert or authority makes the claim and the person does not actually identify the expert. | | 137 |
| 6691691368 | post hoc ergo propter hoc | Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin: "after this, therefore because of this") is a logical fallacy that states "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X." It is often shortened simply to post hoc fallacy. | | 138 |
| 6691691369 | ad hominem | (of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining. | | 139 |
| 6691694069 | False Dilemma | A False Dilemma is a fallacy in which a person uses the following pattern of "reasoning": Either claim X is true or claim Y is true (when X and Y could both be false). Claim Y is false. Therefore claim X is true. | | 140 |
| 6691695281 | Slippery Slope | an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous. | | 141 |
| 6691699023 | Begging the Question/ Circular | "Begging the question" is a form of logical fallacy in which a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself. | | 142 |
| 6691699024 | Reasoning | the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way. | | 143 |
| 6691699025 | Strawman | an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument. | | 144 |
| 6691703709 | Non-sequitur | A non sequitur (Latin for "it does not follow"), in formal logic, is an invalid argument. In a non sequitur, the conclusion could be either true or false, but the argument nonetheless asserts the conclusion to be true and is thus fallacious. | | 145 |
| 6691705702 | Ad populum/ bandwagon appeal | is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it: "If many believe so, it is so." | | 146 |
| 6691707810 | Appeal to tradition | Appeal to Tradition is a fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that something is better or correct simply because it is older, traditional, or "always has been done." This sort of "reasoning" has the following form: X is old or traditional. Therefore X is correct or better. | | 147 |
| 6691707852 | Genetic Fallacy | The Genetic Fallacy is the most general fallacy of irrelevancy involving the origins or history of an idea. It is fallacious to either endorse or condemn an idea based on its past—rather than on its present—merits or demerits, unless its past in some way affects its present value. | | 148 |
| 6691711814 | Guilt by Association | guilt ascribed to someone not because of any evidence but because of their association with an offender. | | 149 |
| 6691714843 | Composition and Division | The Fallacy of Composition arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole. Conversely, the Fallacy of Division occurs when one infers that something true for the whole must also be true of all or some of its parts. | | 150 |
| 6691714844 | Syntax | syntax determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence. | | 151 |
| 6691715770 | SVO | In linguistic typology, subject-verb-object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. | | 152 |
| 6691717467 | Inverted Syntax | An inverted syntax refers to a change in the pattern of words in the formation of a sentence. |  | 153 |
| 6691719963 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | | 154 |
| 6691722377 | Climax | In rhetoric, a climax is a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance. | | 155 |
| 6691722378 | Hypophora | Hypophora is a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question. | | 156 |
| 6691731239 | Parenthesis | Parenthesis or parenthetical phrase is an explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage. | | 157 |
| 6691732944 | Appeal to fear | An appeal to fear is a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for an idea by using deception and propaganda in attempts to increase fear and prejudice toward a competitor. | | 158 |
| 6691735694 | Appeal to Authority | An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the following form: Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject S. Person A makes claim C about subject S. Therefore, C is true. | | 159 |
| 6691740540 | Unwarranted Emotional Appeals | Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones is a logical fallacy characterized by the manipulation of the recipient's emotions in order to win an argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence. | | 160 |
| 6691742524 | Generalities | A glittering generality (also called glowing generality) is an emotionally appealing phrase so closely associated with highly valued concepts and beliefs that it carries conviction without supporting information or reason. | | 161 |
| 6691744113 | Stereotyping | view or represent as a stereotype.
"the city is too easily stereotyped as an industrial wasteland" | | 162 |
| 6691744114 | Scapegoating | person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. | | 163 |
| 6691744953 | Slogans | A short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising. | | 164 |
| 6691747165 | Personification | Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. | | 165 |
| 6691747166 | Contrast | To contrast is to emphasize differences | | 166 |
| 6691748872 | Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid | | 167 |
| 6691748873 | Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | | 168 |
| 6691752400 | Symbollism | Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. | | 169 |
| 6691752401 | Paradox | a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. | | 170 |
| 6691754464 | Analogy | a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
"an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies" | | 171 |
| 6691756329 | Evocative or emotional language | he definition of evocative is something that creates a strong response or feeling.
An advertisement showing hungry children is an example of evocative. | | 172 |
| 6691759219 | Figurative Language | Figurative language is using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful. Figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, allusions go beyond the literal meanings of the words to give the readers new insights. | | 173 |
| 6691759220 | Imagery | Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. | | 174 |
| 6691761495 | Repetition | Repetition at the end of a line, phrase, or clause of the word or words that occurred at the beginning of the same line, phrase, or clause. | | 175 |
| 6691762529 | Synechoche | A synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa. | | 176 |
| 6691763818 | Metonymy | It is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. | | 177 |
| 6691766109 | Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | | 178 |
| 6691766110 | Assonance | Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words. To qualify as assonance, the words must be close enough for the repetition of the sound to be noticeable. | | 179 |
