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100

A assertion or statement that something is the case.

Claim

100

A statement persuading your readers to agree with your opinion


Argument

100

The giving of a particular non-living thing human characteristics

Personification

200

A joke exploiting the possible meanings of a word that can be used in more than one way

Pun

200

A comparison between two things using the words like or as

Simile

200

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Synecdoche

300

A statement made to present something saller, worse, or less important than it is.

Understatement

300

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The duck said to the bartender "put it on my bill"

300

A sense impression relating to ones sense or part of the body by stimulating another sense or part of the body

Synaesthesia

400

A appeal made to the audience to trust you through an ethical motive

Ethos

400

A appeal made to the audience through logic

Logos

400

A appeal made to the audience through an emotional expression

Pathos

500

Making an inference based on an observation, often as a sample.

Inductive Reasoning

500

Making an inference based on widely accepted facts or premises

Deductive Reasoning/ Syllogism

500

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The race cars must go over 80 mph to win - Inductive reasoning