Rhetorical ploys 2

Question 1

Trading on implicature

Answer 1

Using misleading statements without explicitly saying anything untrue, though implicating something that is unjustified to make you believe it is true

Question 2

Many questions

Answer 2

Leading questions. Sort of based on explanation. Why do cat’s paint? Doesn’t ask whether they do paint. Would you vote for him if knew he is pro guns? He is not pro guns but it made you think he is.

Question 3

Smokescreen

Answer 3

Deflecting attention by addressing a different (not necessarily related) issue

Question 4

Buzzwords

Answer 4

Using fashionable / ‘ hot’ words that have high power in second connotation

Question 5

Jargon

Answer 5

Using words that are likely unfamiliar to audience, creating exclusivity

Question 6

Acronyms

Answer 6

Series of initials used as though they’re a word. Creating insiders of those who can decode them.

Question 7

Spin

Answer 7

Using jargon to obfuscate the truth and thereby making it less likely for people to understand and oppose it.