Fallacies and Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Antimetabole

Answer 1

Repetition of the words in a clause, but with swapping of subject and object or key phrases:

“I know what I like, but I like what I know”

“In order to make love a part of your life, you have to make life a part of your love”

Question 2

The two types of deepity

Answer 2

Type 1: Profound if true, but false

Type 2: True, but obvious

Question 3

Barnum statement

Answer 3

A statement general enough that anyone can relate to it, but with the veneer of being personal

As a psychic or medium would use it: “I’m seeing a Michael in your life. . .” or “Nobody understands the real you”, etc

Question 4

Hypnotic speech pattern

Answer 4

Slow rate of speech down to ~75% of baseline and emphasize certain words by slowing them even more

Can be used to communicate a sense of “deepness” to speech, even if the content is gibberish.