Parallelism  

parallelism or parallel construction occurs when the writer or speaker expresses ideas of equal worth with the same grammatical form. the statement parallelism in literature is way of writing that is balanced and rhythmical. it gives a stucture anf flow 

[image]

Logical Fallacy 

a flaw in logic that weakens andargument

[image]

propaganda 

information specially of a biased or misleading nature use to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view usually related to politics 

[image]

bias 

prejudice in favor or against one thing, person, or group compare with another usually in a way considered to be unfair 

[image]

credible

able to believed convincing reliable 

[image]

hasty generalization 

making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or too small)

[image]

post hoc, ergo proctor hoc

assuming the because b comes after a, acaused b

[image]

slippery slope 

the arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction usually ending in some dier consequenceswill take place but there's really not enough evidence for that asumption

[image]

media

the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers and magazines, that reach or influence people widely

[image]

persuasion 

the state or fact of being pursuaded or convinced 

[image]

rhetoric 

the art or science of all specialized literature uses of language in prose or verse, including figures of speech. the study of an affective language. the ability to use laguage correctly.  

[image]

ad hominem 

attaking your opponents charcter or personal traits in ann attempt to undermine their argument.

[image]

bandwagon 

appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.

[image]

anectdotal evidence

a short simple narrative of an incident often humourous effect or to make a point 

[image]

anaphora 

repition of one or more words at the head of consecutive phrases clauses or sentences

[image]

antithesis

contrast within parallel phrases. the term can also refer to literary characters who though necessarily antagonists represent opposite personal charcters or moral views.

[image]

irony 

a situation or statement characterized by significant difference what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant and can be sarcastic when using words to imply the opposite or what they normally mean 

[image]

paradox 

a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true.

[image]

ethos 

in dramatic literature the moral element that determines a characters action rather than thought or emotion

[image]

pathos 

something that appeals to a persons emotions or feelings 

[image]

logos 

something that appeals to a persons logical side 

[image]

fallacies

a misleadin argument or belief based on falsehood. 

[image]

appeal

to ask or adress to someones better nature you're asking them for mercy 

[image]

claim

when you express the right to something your making a claim

[image]

concession

the act of conceding or yielding

[image]

culture

all the knowledge and values shared by societies

[image]

grounds

your basis for belief or disbelief knowledge for which to base belief

[image]

refutation

the act of determining that something is false

[image]

proposal

act of making a suggestion

[image]

litotes

understatemnet for rhetorical affect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

[image]

rebuttal

the speech act of refutting by offering a contrary contention or argument

[image]

equivocation

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth 

[image]

iductive logic

is a kind of reasoning that constructs or evaluates general propositions that are derived from specific example

euphemism

an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh  

[image]

sentimental appeal 

deductive reasoning 

argument of fact

logical evidence 

either or/fallacy 

faulty analogy

empirical evidence