Chapter 1
An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable
What is a concession?
Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence
What is alliteration?
Vulnerabilities or weaknesses in an argument, arising from a failure to make a logical connection between the claim and the evidence used to support it
What is a logical fallacy?
Developing your own informed opinion.
What is synthesis?
Using symbols or images to represent an idea or qualities
what is symbolism?
The art of finding a way to persuade an argument
What is rhetoric?
Old fashioned or outdated choice of words
What is archaic diction?
A logical process where one reaches a conclusion by starting with a general truth and applying it to a specific case
What is deduction?
The speaker's position and history create this.
What is bias?
A figure of speech using contradictory terms similar to a paradox
What is an oxymoron?
How a speaker's position influences the audience's view of the person
What is automatic ethos?
Repetition of words in reverse order
What is antimetabole?
This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do"
What is bandwagon appeal (or ad populum)?
Methods of persuading someone in an arguement
What is appeal?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, is an example of
what is an aphorism?
A diagram that illustrates the interrelationship among the speaker, audience, and subject in determining a text
What is the rhetorical triangle?
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence and then builds and adds on
What is a cumulative sentence?
A logical process in which a writer reasons from particulars to universals
What is induction?
the listeners or spectators at a speech or performance, or the intended readership for a piece of writing.
What is an audience?
interchanging the words flaming and flamenco is an example of
what is malapropism?
An argument that tries to establish the superiority of one opinion over others
What is polemic?
Using two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different, often incongruous, meanings
What is zeugma?
Five-part argument structure used by classical rhetoricians (intro, narration, confirmation, refutation, conclusion)
What is classical oration?
where the author cites a quotation from another work of literature. It is often put into italics.
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct with a word closely associated with that thing, such as a suit to a business executive
What is metonymy?