Logical Fallacies
Literary Devices
Hero's Journey
TFIOS
100

If I don't study for the final, I'll fail the test. If I fail the test, I'll fail the class. If I fail the class, I won't get into a good college. If I don't get into a good college, I won't get a good job. If I don't get a good, job, I'll be poor. So if I don't study for the final, I'll be poor!

Slippery Slope

100

Compares two similar things by saying that one of them is the other.

Metaphor

100

The beginning of the Hero's Journey.

Call to Adventure

100

The type of cancer that took Augustus' leg.

Osteosarcoma. 

200

We should go to this restaurant for dinner. Everyone has been going there lately.

Ad Populum

200

"There are a million things to do."

Hyperbole

200

The climax of the Hero's Journey.

Revelation

200

Hazel's favorite book.

An Imperial Affliction

300

"Don't send him to jail, your honor! His mother will be so sad to see her poor son behind bars."

Appeal to Pity

300

Appeals to readers senses through highly descriptive language.

Imagery

300

The doorway that takes the protagonist from the Known World to the Unknown World.

Threshold.

300

The meaning of NEC.

No Evidence of Cancer

400

Person 1: I'm exhausted, I was working until 2am and only got 3 hours of sleep.

Person 2: At least you have a job. Count yourself lucky!

Red Herring

400

"The blue curtains represent the protagonists depression."

Symbolism

400

The protagonist can skip this step in the Hero's Journey.

Supernatural Aid

400

The furry character who's fate Hazel is obsessed with learning.

Sisyphus the Hamster

500

I always see her eating chocolate. She must hate vanilla.

Non-Sequitur

500

"They fought like cats and dogs"

Simile

500

Another word for Reparation.

What the protagonist gets in return.

Atonement

500

The number of days after the pre-funeral that Augustus died.

Eight.

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