Rhetorical Terms
Literary Devices/Figurative Language
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Who am I? (Fallacies)
Examples
100
It mostly employs the utilization of inductive and deductive reasoning methods to be effective. There are many examples of this term in literature and in debates.
What is Logos?
100
The phrase used to exaggerate the truth
What is Hyperbole?
100
‘O I forbid you, maiden all, That wears gold in your hair, To come or go by Carterhaugh For young Tam Lin is there.
What is Ballad?
100
i am often mistakes of correlation or association for causation, by assuming that because one thing follows another it was caused by the other. Who Am I?
What is Faulty Cause?
100
"Dirty Dogs Don't Drive Down Daisy Drive"
What is Alliteration?
200
It is an important tool of persuasion in arguments and is a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response.
What is Pathos?
200
A phrase deprived of using "like" or "as"
What is Metaphor?
200
“Bobby Holloway says my imagination is a three-hundred-ring circus. Currently I was in ring two hundred and ninety-nine, with elephants dancing and clowns cart wheeling and tigers leaping through rings of fire. The time had come to step back, leave the main tent, go buy some popcorn and a Coke, bliss out, cool down.”
What is Extended Metaphor?
200
They assume that what is true of the whole will also be true of the part, or that what is true in most instances will be true in all instances. Who Am I?
What is Sweeping Generalization?
200
"Stan slapped the messed out of Sarah," said Jackie. "She flew through the door!"
What is Hyperbole?
300
In an attempt to confirm their credibility, a writer or speaker will make use of a typical type of argument called an “ad hominem argument”. It is a strategy in which a speaker or a writer attacks the character or personality of an opponent speaker or writer instead of criticizing the matter of his or her point of view. Such an argument, however, is generally thought of to be a logical fallacy; nevertheless it can prove to be exceptionally successful and is fairly common in politics.
What is Ethos?
300
Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is Alliteration?
300
1. a word, letter, or number placed before another. 2. a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative 3. an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.
What is Prefix, Suffix, and Affix?
300
I base an inference on too small a sample, or on an unrepresentative sample. Often, a single example or instance is used as the basis for a broader generalization. Who Am I?
What is Hasty Generalization?
300
ABA CCA ABA CCA
What is Rhyme Scheme?
400
The faculty of observing in any given cause of available means of persuasion.
What is Rhetoric?
400
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is Assonance?
400
A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
What is a Fable?
400
I imply to one of two outcomes is inevitable, and both have negative consequences. Who Am I?
What is False Dilemma?
400
"Whole bag of tricks"
What is Idiom?
500
The exploration of the persuasive appeals of the rhetorical triangle, including logos, pathos, and ethos. Learn how these three parts of communication work together in an argument.
What is The Rhetorical Triangle?
500
A writer's or speakers choice of words
What is Diction?
500
The whole system and structure of a language or of languages
What is Grammar?
500
I attempt to refute an argument by indicting the source of the argument, rather than the substance of the argument itself. Who Am I?
What is Damning the Source?
500
Jumbo Shrimp
What is Paradox?
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