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is when several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. This grammatical concept also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence.
What is parallelism?
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deliberately expresses an idea as less important than it actually is, either for ironic emphasis or for politeness and tact.
What is understatement?
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the counterpart of understatement, deliberately exaggerates conditions for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
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is a short, informal reference to a famous person or event
What is allusion?
100
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What is YAY!
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consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. In a list of items, this gives the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account
What is asyndeton?
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a particular form of understatement, is generated by denying the opposite or contrary of the word which otherwise would be used
What is Litotes?
200
the repetition of the same word or words comes at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
What is epistrophe?
200
this is a tactic used by many writers, especially in advertising. An authority in one field may know nothing of another field. Being knowledgeable in one area doesn’t constitute knowledge in other areas.
What is false authority?
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these arguments limit themselves not to the issues, but to the opposition itself. Writers who fall into this fallacy attempt to refute the claims of the opposition by bringing the opposition’s character into question. These arguments ignore the issues and attack the people.
What is ad hominem?
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is the use of a conjunction between each word, phrase, or clause, and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of this device, however, often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration, and building up.
What is polsyndeton?
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writing successive independent clauses, with coordinating conjunctions, or no conjunctions
What is Parataxis?
300
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What is super yay!
300
suggest that one step will inevitably lead to more, eventually negative steps.
What is slippery slope arguments?
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these arguments try to get everyone on board. Writers who use this approach try to convince readers that everyone else believes something, so the reader should also. However, the fact that a lot of people believe it does not make it so.
What is a bandwagon appeal or ad populum?
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repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase as a method of emphasis
What is Diacope?
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using subordination to show the relationship between clauses or phrases
What is hypotaxis?
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don’t follow a logical sequence. The conclusion doesn’t logically follow the explanation. These fallacies can be found on both the sentence level and the level of the argument itself.
What are Non Sequitur arguments?
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is a type of metaphor in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part
What is synecdoche?
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these arguments are based on insufficient evidence. Writers may draw conclusions too quickly, not considering the whole issue. They may look only at a small group as representative of the whole or may look only at a small piece of the issue.
What are Hasty Generalizations?
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reversing the order of repeated words or phrases (a loosely chiastic structure, AB-BA) to intensify the final formulation, to present alternatives, or to show contrast:
What is antimetabole?
500
detailing parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly
What is enumeratio?
500
these arguments reduce complex issues to black and white choices. Most often issues will have a number of choices for resolution. Because writers who use the either-or argument are creating a problem that doesn’t really exist, we sometimes refer to this fallacy as a false dilemma.
What is either or arguments?
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assume a faulty causal relationship. One event following another in time does not mean that the first event caused the later event. Writers must be able to prove that one event caused another event and did not simply follow in time. Because the cause is often in question in this fallacy, we sometimes call it a
What is false cause fallacy or Post Hoc argument?
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is a tactic used by a lot of writers because they find it easier to refute an oversimplified opposition. Writers may also pick only the opposition’s weakest or most insignificant point to refute. Doing so diverts attention from the real issues and rarely, if ever, leads to resolution or truth.
What is opposing a straw man?
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