Stylistic Devices
The rhetorician poses a question and then answer it immediately.
What is Hypophora?
The user of this fallacy argued that the requirement to wear uniforms at school will lead to the destruction of the local economy.
What is the slippery slope?
This refers to the choices the rhetorician makes. This could be a choice about punctuation, word choice, or grammar.
What is style?
Statistics, maxims, and law are subtopics of this common topic.
This is a syllogism where one premise is unstated.
What is an enthymeme?
The rhetorician exaggerates statements or claims, but doesn't mean them literally.
What is hyperbole?
"President Taft is ugly, so you shouldn't vote for him" is an example of this fallacy.
What is ad hominem?
This is the process of coming up with something to say, write, or speak.
What is invention?
"We need less war and more peace" is an example of this common topic.
What is comparison?
If P, then Q. P. Therefore, Q. is an example of this type of valid syllogism.
What is Modus Ponens?
The rhetorician arranges things by order of importance.
What is climax?
"How did it feel when you stole the cash? Are you proud of yourself?" is an example of this fallacy.
What is a loaded question?
This concerns the ordering of discourse, whether written or spoken.
What is arrangement?
What is delivery?
This term is present in both premises of a categorical syllogism, but not present in the conclusion.
What is the middle term?
What is quotation?
What is a hasty generalization?
This is the ability to give your piece without the use of prompts or resources. In other words, it is the processing of committing your piece to this.
What is memory?
The terms must be clear, the premises must be true, and the logic must be valid, in order to do this.
What is move from premises to a conclusion?
When one knows that the E statement in the square of opposition is true, they can determine that this letter-statement is false.
What is I?
The rhetorician uses no conjunctions to create an effect of speed or simplicity.
What is asyndeton?
"He is a doctor. We should listen to his views about foreign policy!" is an example of this fallacy.
What is an appeal to authority?
This concerns the bodily and vocal aspects of rhetoric. It includes gestures, diction, volume, and more.
What is delivery?
The good man speaking well refers to this.
What is rhetoric?
The square of opposition allows a logician to determine this about a categorical proposition
What is the truth value?