Fallacy/Generalization
A statement that sounds true but is false.
What is a fallacy?
A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
What is an idiom?
The principle of saving the best for last.
What is climatic order?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
A sentence that makes a statement
What is a declarative?
Attacking a person's motives and character and not the argument
What is ad hominem?
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
What is a parody?
What is parallel structure?
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
What is Assertion?
The contradiction or denial of something.
What is negation?
A conclusion or argument that does not logically follow from a previous statement.
What is non sequitur?
A mild or softer word to use instead of using a word considered harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant and embarrassing.
What is a euphemism?
The practice of organizing information according to their physical location
What is spatial ordering?
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
What is metonymy?
A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
What is a maxim?
The action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.
What is classification?
A more subtle comparison; the terms being compared are not so specifically explained.
What is Implied Metaphor?
A pause or break near the middle of a line.
What is Caesura?
The author using parentheses to clarify their writing throughout the text; used for general comments.
What is parenthetical commentary?
The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition
What is anaphora?
A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
What is Cliché?
A paradox is statement that sounds as if it ridiculous or contradicts itself, but when it is examined and taken to its logical conclusion, it might turn out to actually be true.
What is a paradox?
A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.
What is Chiasmus?
An instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion.
What is syllogism?
Repetition to a beat or musical repetition.
What is choric repetition?