Rhetorical Devices A
Senator Rosebud calls this a useless plan; if so, it is the most helpful useless plan we have ever enacted.
What is an oxymoron?
“Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts.”
What is parallel structure or parallelism? or What is zeugma?
The rhetorical triangle involves the speaker, the audience and the ___________.
What is the subject?
Capital punishment is justified for cases of murder because the state has the right to put someone to death for having killed someone else.
What is circular reasoning?
nebbish means:
What is timid person?
With one mighty swing he knocked the ball through the window and two spectators off their chairs.
What is zeugma
Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
What is antithesis?
Introduction, summary of opposing views, statement of understanding, statement of your position, statement of contexts, statement of benefits. More of a win-win type of argument.
What is a Rogerian argument?
A common fallacy used during debates where an individual substitutes a rebuttal with a personal insult.
What is ad hominem (argument against the man)?
callow means:
What is immature?
When it was announced that the vending machines were going to have apples instead of Cheetos, and orange juice instead of Coke, the employees cried and bawled and sobbed and complained and whined and protested.
What is polysyndeton?
This summer was delightful. This summer was fun. This summer was full of surprises.
What is anaphora?
Appeal to logic or reason.
What is logos?
The error happens when one contends that an exceptionally minor movement will unavoidably prompt great and frequently ludicrous conclusions.
What is the slippery slope fallacy?
dissembler means:
What is phony?
Hitting that pole certainly didn't do your scooter any good.
What is litote?
I the apple ate.
What is transposition? or What is inverted sentence?
Appeal to emotions or emotional sensibility.
What is pathos?
In this fallacy, the arguer sets up a weak version of the opponent’s position and tries to score points by knocking it down.
What is the straw man fallacy?
asymptote means:
What is curve-avoiding line?
The grapes burst inside her mouth, evoking Tuscan sunshine and a melancholy sense of loss.
What is imagery? Or synesthesia?
“Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.”
What is chiasmus?
Three rhetorical modes or modes of discourse.
What is NARRATION, DESCRIPTION,CLASSIFICATION, DEFINITION, ILLUSTRATION (aka EXAMPLE), COMPARISON and CONTRAST, PROCESS, CAUSAL, ARGUMENT
Pregnancies increase shortly after massive blackouts. Clearly blackouts make people pregnant!
What is faulty causality or post hoc ergo propter hoc?
fugacious means:
What is fleeting?