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| a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief |
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| A dangerous course, one that leads easily to catastrophe |
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| the power or ability to attract, interest, amuse, or stimulate the mind or emotions |
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The technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses, or larger structures by placing them
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| a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of aquestion |
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| expressive of or appealing to sentiment |
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| a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient information |
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| Post Hoc, Ergo Proctor Hoc |
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| the fallacy of assuming that temporal succession is evidence of causal relation |
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| to assert or maintain as a fact |
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| the thing or point yielded |
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| assuming either that properties shared between two situations or existents will continue to be found indefinitely |
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| When a writer appeals to readers’ emotions |
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| the process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization |
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| the process of moving from a general rule to a specific example |
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| Proof of a claim that is scientifically/ reasonably verifiable |
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| derives its data by means of direct observation or experiment |
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a short, simple narrative of an incident; often used for humorous effect or to make a
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| Arising from or appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic |
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| the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group |
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| a fallacy in logical argumentation |
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| capable of being believed |
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| the foundation or basis on which a belief or action rests |
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| Refutation (Counterargument) |
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| an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof |
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a form of argumentation, one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to
convince through appeals to reason or emotion |
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When a writer tries to persuade the audience based on statistics, facts, and reasons.
The process of reasoning |
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| to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success |
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| the undue use of exaggeration or display |
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| Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution |
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| the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance |
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| The logical fallacy of false dilemma |
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the presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase,
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Form of understatement in which the negative of the contrary is used to achieve emphasis
and intensity |
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| an act of rebutting, as in a debate |
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| the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge |
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In dramatic literature, the moral element that determines a character's actions, rather than
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| means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely |
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a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be
inappropriate or uncomfortable |
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A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected
or understood and what actually happens or is meant |
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| a statement that seems to contradict itself but that turns out to have a rational meaning |
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regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or
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