121-140 Flashcards
Appeal to Authority
Persuading without giving evidence but by appealing to the respect people have for a famous person or institution
Appeal to Ignorance
A fallacy based on the assumption that a statement must be true if it cannot be proved false
Concession
An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent’s point
Encomium
A tribute or eulogy in prose or verse glorifying people, objects, ideas, or events
False Dilemma
A fallacy of oversimplification that offers a limited number of options (usually two) when in fact more options are available
Running style
Sentence style that appears to follow the mind as it worries a problem
Expication
An explanation; interpretation
Imperative tone/sentence
commanding
Interrogative
Questioning
Exclamatory
Expressing enthusiasm or excitement
Declarative
Declaring a statement or fact
Infinitives
“To be” verbs… “To come” “To show” “To dance”
Implacable
Not to be appeased, modified, or pacified
Electric
Not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc.
Opprobrium
The disgrace incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy
Aberrant
Deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal
Stymie
To hinder, block, or thwart
Nascent
Beginning to exist or develop
Avarice
Insatiable greed for riches, inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth
Urbane
Having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristics of sophisticated social life in major cities
