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Question 1

Concession 2

Answer 1

Also show that the writer is a logical and fair-minded person, able to realize that every argument has several sides to consider before it is presented. This type of writing can be considered strong as it finds common ground between you and your opponent.

Question 2

Portmanteau

Answer 2

Literary device in which 2 or more words are joined together to coin a new word. Word is formed by blending parts of 2 or more words but it always refers to a single concept

Question 3

The Coinage of Portmanteau

Answer 3

Involves the linking and blending of 2 or more words and the new were formed in the process shares the same meanings as the original words. It is different from a compound word in that it could have completely different meaning from the words that it was coined from

Question 4

Litotes

Answer 4

Understatement, an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in not bad at all

Question 5

Chiasmus

Answer 5

Rhetoric reversal of the order of words in the second of 2 parallel phrases he came in triumph and in defeat departs, he went to the country, to the town went he

Question 6

Anadiplosis

Answer 6

Rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin to the dark side. “Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.” “When I give, I give myself.”

Question 7

Invective

Answer 7

A verbally abusive attack

Question 8

Circumulocation

Answer 8

Use of an unneccesarily large number of words or an indirect means of expression to express an idea so as to effect an evasive in speech

Question 9

Begging the Question

Answer 9

Supporting a claim with a reason that is really a restatement of the claim in different words

Question 10

Adage

Answer 10

Piece of common wisdom based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language

Question 11

Verisimulative

Answer 11

similar to truth, the quality of realism in a work that persuades the reader that he/she is getting a vision of life as it is

Question 12

Malapropism

Answer 12

Confused, comically inaccurate use of long word or words

Question 13

Codence

Answer 13

the rising and falling rythem of speech especially in free verse or prose

Question 14

False Analogy

Answer 14

Error in assuming that because two things are alike in all ways. Ex school is not so different from a business. It needs a clear competitive strategy that will lead to profitable growth

Question 15

Hasty Generalization

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Unsound inductive inference based o insufficient, inadequate, unspecified evidence

Question 16

Non-Sequitor

Answer 16

Statement or idea that fails to follow logically, from the one before

Question 17

Post Hoc

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Because one thing follows another, it is held to cause the other

Question 18

ad Hominen

Answer 18

Instead of attacking an assertion

Question 19

Polyphonic

Answer 19

Excessive Talking

Question 20

Diatribe

Answer 20

Bitter, sharply, abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism. A bitter and abusive speech or writing