VOCABULARY
DICTION
SYNTAX
RHETORICAL DEVICES
VOCAB/FALLACY/ETC.
100
The ability to learn something new
What is heuristic
100
LOGICAL AND CONSISTENT
What is COHERENT
100
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
What is SYNTAX
100
THE APPEARANCE OF BEING REAL
What is VERISIMILITUDE
200
Acts of generosity
What is magnanimity
200
EXPRESSING FEELINGS IN A BIG HEARTFELT WAY
What is EFFUSIVE
200
AFFIRMATIVE EXPRESSED AS A NEGATIVE "YOUR WON'T BE SORRY."
What is LITOTES
200
A PART REPRESENTING A WHOLE "SF WON THE GAME."
What is SYNECDOCHE
200
A DISTRACTING CLUE
What is RED HERRING
300
Create an idealized image
What is mythologized
300
LECTURING ABOUT MORALS
What is DIDACTIC
300
TO ASK A QUESTION
What is QUERY
300
CONCLUSION DRAWN BASED ON TWO PREMISES. "ALL MEN ARE MORTAL. SOCRATES IS A MAN THEREFORE SOCRATES IS MORTAL
What is SYLLOGISM
300
AN ARGUMENT DIRECTED AT THE PERSON, RATHER THAN THE POSITION. "BLAME THE MAN."
What is AD HOMINEM
400
To take from
What is bilk
400
REPRESENT AS LITTLE WORTH
What is DISPARAGE
400
TO MAKE CHANGES--TO GIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "THEY WERE TALKING LOUDLY"
What is MODIFY
400
ATTEMPTING TO IMPRESS PUTTING ON FALSE AIRS
What is PRETENTIOUS
500
Intending to do harm
What is malicious
500
A REVERSAL TURNING INSIDE OUT
What is INVERSION
500
NO CONJUNCTIONS "I CAME I SAW I ROCKED IT."
What is ASYNDETON
500
REPETITION OF VOWEL SOUNDS "GO AND MOW THE LAWN!"
What is ASSONANCE
500
EXCESSIVE PRIDE OR SELF CONFIDENCE
What is HUBRIS
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