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Rhetorical Strategies
Tone
Structural Choices
Rhetorical
Logical Fallacies
Figures of Words
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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
What is an analogy?
100
Didactic
With the goal of teaching, often from a moral high horse or without acknowledging the ability or opinion of those being spoken to
100
An author's awareness of audience and choice of words in order to deliver their argument with the ultimate purpose of persuading (rather than precision, eloquence, etc.)
What is diction?
100
I'm not attending the Smile Club Movie Premiere because I don't like Anna Sensei.  She spilled juice on my white carpet once.
What is Ad Hominem?
100
From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," A figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox.
What is an oxymoron?
200
A direct or indirect reference to something wich is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.
What is an allusion?
200
Pragmatic
Logical, practical and favouring reason over ideals
200

This term refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.

What is parallelism?
200
Anna Sensei is a very talented dancer!  I'm therefore going to attend the movie premiere this Wednesday.
What is non sequitur?
200
"Do I love you because you are beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?"
What is chiasmus?
300
The opposite or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.
What is antithesis?
300
Whimsical
"On a whim" - playful, unpredictable, unusual and free
300
Featuring contrasting elements strategically within a text so that their similarities and differences are highlighted.
What is juxtaposition?
300
Whenever I sleep for 90 minutes, I always feel fine the next day.  Therefore, 90 minutes of sleep is enough.
What is post-hoc, ergo propter hoc?
300

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

What is apostrophe?
400

Leading your audience to your claim through a delivery that suggests that you've weighed all alternative options, and that your conclusion is the last logical possibility.

What is reluctant conclusion?

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Indignant
Showing a lack of approval for something perceived as unjust
400
Using an appositive or modifier, an interjecting name or phrase that renames or adds more information to the preceding subject, to add further clarification.
What is epergesis?
400
Did you know that Canada offers free education for Aboriginal citizens?  Aboriginals still struggle to secure their heritage, health and identity, but they now have their own reserves and can even get government grants to start their own businesses.
What is red herring?
400
"Wall Street is predicting several changes for the upcoming month"
What is synechdote?
500

A statement that is intentionally understating the significance of a particular fact or event in order to suggest it lacks importance

What is meiosis?
500
Credulous
Too willing to accept information to be true without further consideration of complexity
500
A subject followed by a series of associated verbs.
What is zeugma or diazeugma?
500
My boss chews me out when I'm not at the office on time, but she comes to work late practically every Friday.
What is tu quoque?
500
"I have an interview today, how do I look?"
"You've had better hair days."
What is litotes?