Logical Fallacies
Transition words
Rhetorical appeals
Figurative language
Rhetorical Devices
100

Attacking the person instead of the argument

Ad Hominem 

100

shows contrast 

however 

100

Appeal to emotion 

Pathos 

100

comparison using like or as 

simile

100

Repeating words for effect 

Repetition 

200

Misrepresenting someones argument to make it easier to attack 

straw man

200

shows cause / effect 

there fore 

200

Appeal to credibility 

Ethos 

200

Direct comparison not using like or as 

metaphor 

200

same starting sounds 

Allteration

300

Only giving two choices when more exist 

False dilemma 

300

Adds an example 

For example 

300

Appeal to logic

Logos

300

Giving human traits to non-human things 

personfication

300

saying the opposite of what you mean 

verbal irony 

400

Saying something is true because "everyone is doing it "

Bandwagon

400

shows time/order

meanwhile

400

Trusting a speaker because there are an expert

Ethos

400

Extreme exaggeration 

Hyperbole

400

Audience knows more than the characters 

Dramatic irony 

500

Claiming one small step leads to extreme results 

slippery slope 

500

Ends an argument

in conclusion 

500

Using facts and data

Logos

500

Language that creates vivid pictures  

Imagery 

500

Outcome is opposite of what's expected 

Situational irony

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