11/1/15 Flashcards
Irony
Words express a meaning opposite to the intended meaning
Jargon
Specialized language providing a shorthand method of quick communication between people in the same field
Juxtapose
Placing two ideas side by side together
Lending credence
Lend her opponent se credit for the opponents ideas
Litotes
Form of understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite
Logical reasoning
Principles governing correct or liable inferences
Loose sentence
A sentence grammatically complete at some point before the end, consist of an independent clause followed by a dependent clause
Lyrical drama
Dramatic poem used to express lyric themes ( emotion or idea of life)
Logical fallacies
Methods of combing to lend credibility to unsound argument
LF : ad hominem
An attack against the character of the person instead of the issue
LF Begging the question
Circular reasoning (fake argument- proof is the claim the argument itself exist to prove)
LF False analogy
Unwarranted assumption that two things similar in some respect are also similar similar in ALL other ways
LF Non sequltr
Irrelevant evidence to support claim
LF red herring
Use irrelevant point to divert attention from real issue
LF Slippery slope
Failure to provide evidence showing that one event will lead to chain of events of catastrophic nature