Word List #1
"The sweet smell of freshly baked bread filled the air"
Imagery
"a car is a four-wheeled vehicle"
Denotation
“I walked down the street and saw my friend.”
Point of view
“Everyone is buying the new iPhone, so you should too!”
Bandwagon
This rhetorical device flips the order of words or ideas for emphasis, as in “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You
What is chiasmus?
"the news hit me like a ton of bricks"
Figurative language
“I have a dream”
Anaphora
Novels, essays, and short stories are written in prose rather than verse.
Prose
“You can’t be happy without owning this new car.”
False needs
This logical fallacy presents only two options when there are actually more choices available.
What is the either-or fallacy (false dilemma)?
“blood is thicker than water”
Metonymy
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
Epiphora
“The chicken is ready to eat”
Ambiguity
“If we allow students to redo one assignment, soon they’ll want to redo every test.”
Slippery slope
When someone misrepresents their opponent’s argument to make it easier to attack.
What is a straw man argument
"I came, I saw, I conquered"
Asyndeton
"a bright red umbrella in a black-and-white photo"
Juxtaposition
Aesop’s fables are didactic because they teach lessons about honesty and wisdom.
Didactic
“He drives a nice car, so he must be a great student.”
Non sequitur
Language meant to teach or instruct, often with a moral lesson.
What is didactic
"All hands on deck"
Synecdoche
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"
Antithesis
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Chiasmus
An ad only lists the benefits of an energy drink but ignores the health risks.
Card slacking
This type of fallacy attacks the person making an argument instead of addressing the argument itself.
What is ad hominem?