Fallacies
This fallacy repeats the claim as a way to provide evidence?
circular reasoning
A phrase that has a meaning not deducible from its individual words?
idiom
A repetition of words to avoid repetition?
anaphora
A logical form where a conclusion is drawn from two premises?
syllogism
An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea?
allusion
This fallacy presents two extreme options as the only choices?
false dilemma
A pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct?
maxim
A balance within sentences of similar phrases or clauses?
parallel structure
An opinion formed on incomplete information?
conjecture
Visually descriptive or figurative language?
imagery
A fallacy where a poor example is used to ridicule an idea?
straw man
A figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa?
synecdoche
Adding detail to expand on a story or statement?
amplification
A statement obtained by inference from specific cases?
generalization
Humor or irony used to criticize people’s vices or stupidity?
satire
A fallacy that shifts focus to divert attention from the actual issue?
red herring
A story with a hidden moral or political meaning?
allegory
Mentioning a number of things one by one?
enumeration
A confident statement of fact or belief?
assertion
An informal word or phrase used in everyday conversation?
colloquialism
A fallacy that assumes because two events occur close together, the first must cause the second?
post hoc reasoning
Substituting the name of an attribute or adjunct for the thing meant?
metonymy
Using repeated conjunctions in a list or series?
polysyndeton
A conclusion that does not logically follow the previous statement?
non sequitur
A phenomenon where one sense is experienced through another?
synesthesia