English Test!!!!!

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FALLACY: Ad Hominem

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Attacking the person rather than the argument

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FALLACY: Inappropriate Evidence

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Making points that don't fit with your argument making irrelevant claims that do not strengthen your argument

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FALLACY: Hasty Generalization

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Making assumptions without sufficient evidence to back them up

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FALLACY: Red Herring

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Distracting your audience from the topic at hand, avoiding questions that weaken your argument instead of using your argument to combat it

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FALLACY: Straw Man

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Creating a weak representation of the opposing argument / opposition so you can knock it down

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FALLACY: Faulty Analogy

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Trying to compare your topic to unrelated issues

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FALLACY: Errors of deduction

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a) confusing probability with certainty/inferring causation when inappropriate b) using a faulty major premise

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FALLACY: Begging the Question

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The truth of the conclusion is assumed by the premises i.e. restating the premise so that it sounds like evidence; circular logic; assuming what you are claiming to prove

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FALLACY: Defective Testimony

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Leaving out part of the argument, ignoring facts and other info that supports the opposition

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FALLACY: Slippery Slope

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Assuming that the outcome you are suggesting is the only possible outcome; if X happens then Y and Z will follow; predicting enormous consequences from relatively minor causes with certainty; may be either / or choices

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RHETORIC: Discourse

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Verbal exchange of ideas

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RHETORIC: Audience

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the group of people to whom your speech is directed

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RHETORIC: Connotation

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thoughts or feelings related to a certain word choice (associations)

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RHETORIC: Denotation

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definition of a word (explicit or direct meaning)

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RHETORIC: Inference

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an educated assumption based on background knowledge/ evidence

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RHETORIC: Ethos

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Appeal to ethics: more related to the speaker credibility than the audiences

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RHETORIC: Pathos

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Appeal to emotion

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RHETORIC: Logos

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Appeal to logic based on reason, statistics, data, etc.

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RHETORIC: Mythos

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Appeal to tradition. Assumes that people value place in society and its cultural traditions

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RHETORICAL STYLE: Trope

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The use of a word, phrase, or image, in a way not intended by its normal significance

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RHETORIC: Euphemism

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substitution of an agreeable or at least non-offensive expression for one whose plainer meaning may be harsh or unpleasant

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R. EXAMPLE: My grandmother passed away when I was in second grade.

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Euphemism

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RHETORIC: Diction

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word choice

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RHETORIC: Syntax

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sentence structure

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RHETORIC: Scheme

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refers to syntax

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RHETORIC: Hyperbole

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A gross exaggeration not intended to be taken literally

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R. EXAMPLE: It took me 2 million hours to drive to Florida

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Hyperbole

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RHETORIC: Metonymy

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substituting an associated word for one that is meant

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R. EXAMPLE: In the French Rev. the peasants stood up for their rights and attacked the crown

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Metonymy

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RHETORIC: Metaphor

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a comparison between dissimilar objects not meant to be taken literally (not simile)

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R. EXAMPLE: I could see the ocean in her eyes

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Metaphor

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RHETORIC: Oxymoron

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juxtaposition/ connection of two contradictory words

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R. EXAMPLE: After he left the room, I was left with only my boook and the deafening silence

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Oxymoron

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RHETORIC: Personification

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human quolities or abilities assigned to inanimate objects or abstractions

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R. Example: Even though it was cold outside, the sun still smiled down on my back

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Personification

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RHETORIC: Rhetorical Question

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a leading question designed to provoke thought rather than response

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R. EXAMPLE: Why do doctors call what they do for a living practice?

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Rhetorical Question

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RHETORIC: Synecdoche

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using a part to represent a whole

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R. EXAMPLE: All hands on deck

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Synecdoche

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RHETORIC: Paradox

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an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense yet still has some truth to it

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R. EXAMPLE: Dont go near the water until you can swim

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Paradox

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RHETORIC STYLE: Scheme

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a change in standard word order or pattern

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RHETORIC: Apostrophe

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directly addressing a person or abstract quality whether resent or not

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R. EXAMPLE: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, how I wonder what you are?

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Apostrophe

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RHETORIC: Alliteration

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repitition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sequence

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R. EXAMPLE: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

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Alliterations

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RHETORIC: Parallelism

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repition of word, hrase, or sentence structure

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R. EXAMPLES: one small step for man one giant leap for mankind

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Parallelism

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RHETORIC: Anaphora

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repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences

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RHETORIC: Epistrophe

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repeating the same word or phrase at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences

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RHETORIC: Assonance

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repition of the same vowel sound throughout several words in sequence or proximity

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R. EXAMPLE: Hear the mellow wedding bells

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Assonance

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RHETORIC: Consonance

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repition of the same consanance sounds throughout several words in a sequence

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R. EXAMPLES: Last but not Least

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Consonance