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rhetorical devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ad hominem fallacy | fallacy of logic in which a persons character or motive is attacked instead of that persons argument. |
| anaphora | a repitition of introductory words or phrases for effect. |
| anecdote | a short,entertaining story of some happening usually personal. |
| antithisis | opposition or contrast emphasiezed by parallel structure. |
| aporia | questioning oneself, often pretendinmg to b in doubt. |
| apostrophe | a sudden turn from the general audience to a specific gruop or person,either absent or present. Real or fake. |
| appeal to authority | fallacy in which a citation of information is solicited from somone with special knoledge on a subject for the purpose of strengthening the argument. |
| asyndeton | the absence of conjunctions between coordinate phrases,clauses,or words |
| begging the question | fallacy of logical argument that assumes as true the very thing one is trying to prove. |
| damning with false praise | intentional use of a positive statement that has negitive impact. |
| deduction | a form of reasoning that begins with a generalization, and then applies the generalization to a specific case or cases. |
| digression | a trmporary departure from the main subject in speaking or writing. |
| euphemism | the use of a wordor phrase that is less direct,but that is also less distasteful or less offensive than another. |
| false dilemma | a fallacy of logical argument which is committed when too few of the avalible alternitives are considered, and all but one is assessed and deemed impossible or unacceptable. |
| induction | a form of reasoning which works from from a body of facts to a general conclusion frequently used as the principal form of reasoning for history and science. |
| irony | a contrast between what appears to be and what really is. |
| metonymy | a refrence to an object or person by naming only a part ofthe object or person. |
| non-sequitur | a fallacy that occurs when one statement does not logically follow fron what has proceded. |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech in which contradictory terms and ideas are combined. |
| parable | a short story from which a lesson may be drawn. |
| paradox | a statement which seems self contradictory but may be true in fact. |
| paralipsis | pretending to omit somthing by drwing attention to it. |
| parallelism | repitition of a key word over successive phrases or clauses. |
| rhetorical question | a question asked for effect to emphesize a point;no answer is expected |
| satire | use of ridicule,sarcasm,and irony,usually used to expose vices or abuses. |
| syllogism | a form of reasoning in which two statements, a major premise and a minor premise, have a logical conclusion which follows from them. it is associated with deductive reasoning. |
| synecdoche | a part or quality of something which is used in substitution of the larger whole or vice versa |
| tricolon | the division of an idea into three harmonious parts, usually of increasing power. |
| understatement | deliberately representing something as much less than it really is. |
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