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| a logical fallacy that means "argument toward the man" this fallacy switches the discussion from the question of issues to the question of personalities. it is a personal attack on character. |
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| the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word |
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| deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses |
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| repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order |
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| asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer, but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely |
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| appealing to the audience using the speaker/writers' character and credibility |
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| similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses |
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| insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of a sentence |
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| a figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole |
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| an argument in brief that assumes the audience already believes on of the premises; therefore, one of the premises is implied |
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| the study of the rules for the formation and patterns of formation of grammatical sentences in a language |
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| the style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
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| the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect |
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| post hoc, ergo procter hoc |
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| a logical fallacy that means "after this, therefore because of this" |
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| substitution of some attributive or suggested word for what is actually meants |
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| the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning of a word |
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| the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure |
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| deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context |
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| deliberate use of many conjunctions |
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| drawing conclusions based on affirmative or negative statements |
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| the yoking of two terms that are ordinarily contradictory |
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| use of a word in such a way as to convey a meaning opposite to the literal meaning of the word |
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| appealing to the audience by playing on their emotions |
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| a logical fallcy that means "you too" |
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| appealing to the audience by playing on their reason by using facts, statistics, and expert quotations |
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| drawing conclusions from a body of facts; making generalizations after observing a number of analogous facts |
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| sentence fragment used deliberately for a persuasive purpose or to create a desired effect |
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| deliberate understatement, not to decieve someone, but to enhance the impressiveness of what they say |
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| a type of deductive reasoning where the conclusion is predicated by the premises. |
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repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of
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