Vocabulary
The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence.
What is an alliteration?
The feeling of a word
What is connotation?
A fallacy which means: After this, therefore because of this
What is Cause and Effect?
The writing style where you use "to be" verbs, such as "is," "was," and "were."
What is passive voice?
A form of logical argumentation and thinking.
What is deductive?
A reference that recalls another work, another time in history, another famous person, or anything in pop culture.
What is an allusion?
The precise definition of a word.
What is denotation?
Either/or fallacy
What is a false dilemma?
The writing style you avoid "to be" verbs.
You need to use _____ and _______ it in your body paragraphs.
Use evidence and explain it
A direct address to someone who is not present; like a prayer.
What is an apostrophe?
The use of words to express something other than the literal meaning
What is irony?
Attacks the person rather than the issues
What is an Ad Hominem?
A question whose answer is assumed.
What is a rhetorical question?
A pattern of speech and vocabulary associated with a particular group of people.
What is jargon?
The use of words.
What is diction?
A regional speech pattern, similar to an accent.
What is dialect?
The "everybody is doing it" fallacy
What is a bandwagon?
A person engaging in an argument defines his/her opponent's position when the opponent is not present and defines it in a manner that is easy to attack.
What is a Straw Man?
A play on words
What is a pun?
A figure of speech in which a sound imitates the thing or action
What is onomatopoeia?
Two words that together create a sense of opposition
What is an oxymoron?
An argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false.
What is an argument from ignorance?
A pattern of language that creates a rhythm of repetition.
What is parallelism?
An argument that distracts the reader by raising issues irrelevant to the case.
What is a Red Herring?