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| consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases or clauses. In a list of items, asyndeton gives the effect of a fast-paced, rapid prose |
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| a part of something is used to refer to the whole |
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| a descriptive word/phrase used to refer to a proper name |
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| A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name." metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. Using a single feature to represent the whole, metonymy is a form of metaphor in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with (but not actually part of) the subject with which it is to be compared. |
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| one part of speech, usually a verb, substitutes for another, usually a noun |
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| is the use of a conjunctino between each word, phrase, or clause, and is structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton, however, often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity, energetic enumeration, and building up |
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| repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause |
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| sentences whose main clause is withheld until the end |
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| a sentence that ends with a dependent sentence element |
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| a sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning of the sentence, and then builds and adds on |
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| a sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to action |
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| sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat |
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| When writer asserts/assumes that a particular position is the only one that is conceivably acceptable with a community |
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| Create anxiety and panic, exaggerate possible dangers |
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| Attempt to persuade the target audience to join the crowd because "everybody else is doing it |
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| The idea is that you attack your opponent,as opposed to attacking their arguments |
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| Reduces a complicated issue by presenting only two choices, with one choice being pushed as being the better choice |
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| Arguments that sue tender emotions to distract the audience from facts |
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| An argument that portrays today's tiny misstep as tomorrow's slide into disaster |
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| An attack on an argument that doesn't exist |
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| An inference drawn from insufficient evidence |
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| Assuming as true the very claim that's disputed -- a form of circular argument divorced from reality |
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| An argument that give a lie an honest appearance; A half-truth |
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| An argument in which claims, reasons, or warrants fail to connect logically; one point doesn't follow from another |
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| Emotionally appealing words with no concrete argument |
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| situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there are additional options (sometimes shades of grey between the extremes). For example, "It wasn't medicine that cured Ms. X, so it must have been a miracle." |
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| Assigning blame to an individual/group to relieve feelings of guilt from responsible party or distract attention from fixing the problem |
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