Word List 1
The mouthwatering pizza, loaded with a blend of gooey mozzarella and tangy tomato sauce, emerged from the oven, steam rising into the air.
Imagery
A timid lion next to a brave mouse.
juxtaposition
We shape our tools and thereafter they shape us
chiasmus
A: We should give students better study guides."
B: "So you think we should just hand out easy A's and not teach them anything?"
Strawman
There are three types of this...
POV
easy come, easy go
Parallelism
You win some, you lose some.
antithesis
A chemistry textbook you use to study.
didactic
"It's raining outside, so elephants can fly"
non sequitur
Lowering the voting age to 16 will make 14-year-olds want to vote.
Slippery Slope
we will wear the crown
Metonymy
She only loves pizza.
syntax
"My test score wasn't that bad." The boy said, despite getting a 67%.
Understatement
My opponent is a lying politician, so his plan for road safety is clearly a bad idea
ad hominem
The opposite of an overstatement...
understatement
all hands on deck
Synecdoche
This tastes awfully good.
The cat chased the mouse until it stumbled and fell.
Ambiguity
A candidate might highlight positive economic indicators but fail to mention rising unemployment rates.
card stacking
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
figurative language
I came, I saw, I conquered
Asyndeton
She drove her car to go to the movies, and she got gas
loose sentence
written or spoken language that follows the natural, everyday rhythm of speech.
Prose
The idea that because high-crime cities have McDonald's, McDonald's restaurants cause crime.
Faulty Cause effects
He is a cool cat.
Direct metaphor.