Logical Fallacies
This is a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence. In other words, you are rushing to a conclusion before you have all the relevant facts.
What is Hasty Generalization
If you really cared about my independence and safety you would buy me that new car I asked for.
What is pathos
An exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole
Contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence
Placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison.
What is Juxtaposition
This is a diversionary tactic that avoids the key issues, often by avoiding opposing arguments rather than addressing them.
What is Red Herring
To convince the audience that he or she is someone worth listening to.
What is ethos
Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human.
What is Personification
The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.
What is denotation
Daily Double
When the audience knows something that the character doesn't and would be surprised to find out.
What is dramatic irony
A conclusion that does not follow from its premise; an invalid analogy
What is non-sequitur
The art of effective communication
What is rhetoric
Directly addressing someone who is not present or who is not real
What is apostrophe
A word or group of words placed beside a noun or noun substitute to supplement its meaning. such as: “Bob, the lumber yard worker, spoke with Judy, an accountant from the city.”
What is an appositive sentence
A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect.
What is satire
This is an attack on the character of a person rather than their opinions or arguments.
What is ad hominem
Generally considered the strongest form of persuasion.
What is logos
A reference to a well-known work of art, literature, or music within another work of art, literature or music
What is allusion
Ordinary or familiar type of conversation. Is a common or familiar type of saying, similar to an adage or an aphorism.
What is colloquial
Two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses, or even ideas, with parallel structure. For example: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
What is antithesis
This begins with a generalization and then applies it to a specific case. The generalization you start with must have been based on a sufficient amount of reliable evidence.
What is deductive reasoning
When one asserts two mutually exclusive propositions, such as, “Abortion is wrong and abortion is not wrong.”
What is a contradiction
Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept. “I could not understand his tongue” is an example of this.
What is metonymy
This is used to add emphasis, organization, or sometimes pacing to writing. It is a sentence construction which places equal grammatical constructions near each other, or repeats identical grammatical patterns.
What is parallelism
The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
What is anaphora