vocab week 2

Question 1

Theme

Answer 1

The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a persons thought, or an exhibition

Question 2

Aphorism

Answer 2

a consise statement of a truth or principle

Question 3

malapropism

Answer 3

the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Question 4

Euphemism

Answer 4

a less offensive way of saying something that is condisered unpleasent

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 6

verbal irony

Answer 6

a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant often sarcastic

Question 7

Sarcasm

Answer 7

harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule

Question 8

Situational Irony

Answer 8

an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Question 9

Satire

Answer 9

A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule

Question 10

Ad populum

Answer 10

This fallacy occurs when evidence boils down to everybodys doing it, so it must be a good thing to do

Question 11

Ad hominem

Answer 11

a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

Question 12

equivocation

Answer 12

the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself

Question 13

Slippery slope

Answer 13

A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented

Question 14

Red Herrinng

Answer 14

A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion

Question 15

Straw man Fallacy

Answer 15

A fallacy that occurs when a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute the idea

Question 16

Faulty Casuality

Answer 16

incorrect assumption that one event caused another event

Question 17

Synecdoche

Answer 17

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa “wheels for a car

Question 18

non sequitar

Answer 18

Latin for “ it doesn’t follow” the conclusion is not logically related to the evidence that preceded it

Question 19

Hasty Generalization

Answer 19

a fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence

Question 20

Allusion

Answer 20

a reference to a well know person or event

Question 21

Parallelism

Answer 21

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses`

Question 22

Juxataposition

Answer 22

placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

Question 23

Antithesis

Answer 23

direct opposite

Question 24

Anaphora

Answer 24

repetition of a word at the begining

Question 25

Epistrophe/ Epiphora

Answer 25

the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses