Cumulative quiz Flashcards
Strawman fallacy
Someone distorts the other’s argument and then attacks the distorted version of the argument
begging the question fallacy
argument that fails to prove anything other than what is already assumed, “It is time to go to bed,” “why,” “because it is your bedtime”
bandwagon fallacy
Argument dependent on the masses backing it
ad-hominem
attacking the person instead of the arguement
no true Scotsman
Fallacy used against all clear evidence pointing toward a fact to make as if the evidence does not apply to the circumstance because of a false “truth.”
Understatement; satire
a way of emphasizing what it downplays; it seems to be raining a little (middle of a hurricane)
mock enconium; satire
mock tribute or praise; suggests blame instead
grotesque
sick/dark humor
comic juxtaposition
Linking together with no commentary items which normally do not go together
mock epic
parodies that mock common classical stereotypes of heroes
parody
mocking through imitation; SNL
Aphorism
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief
Ex: Early to bed and early to rise/ Make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
zeugma
Grammatically correct linkage of one subject with two or more verbs or a verb with two or more direct objects. The linking shows a relationship between ideas more clearly
chiasmus
Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second
Ex: “Has the Church failed mankind, or has mankind failed the Church”
asyndeton
The practice of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. In a list, it gives a more extemporaneous effect and suggests the list may be incomplete
Ex: He was brave, fearless, afraid of nothing
consonance
The repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels
Ex: Pitter-patter, splish-splash, and click-clack
anadiplosis
Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause
Ex: “The crime was common, common be the pain”
apostrophe
Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea
allusion
A reference to a work of literature, film, etc.
synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part
litotes
A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating it’s opposite
allegory
A work of literature in which characters, events, and items are directly symbolic of specific social figures, themes, ideas, etc.: Young Goodman Brown’s wife, Faith
hyperbole
A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used
imagery
Writing that uses strong sensory detail
conceit
A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different
anaphora
The repetition of specific phrases/ parallel syntax specifically used for dramatic or emphatic effect
