| A | B |
|---|
| Apostrophe | Oh God of Income, send me money! |
| Cacophany | producing a harsh, unpleasant sound |
| Alliteration | She sells sea shells by the sea shore |
| Epithet | William the Conqueror |
| Inductive reasoning | Conclusions drawn from empirical evidence |
| Deductive reasoning | conclusions drawn from premises |
| Litotes | understatement |
| Metonymy | The White House Announced today |
| Metonymy | A representative object stands for the whole |
| Synechdoche | Part for the whole |
| Synechdoche | Field Hand |
| Paradox | Seems contradictiory, but is true |
| Periodic Sentence | Main idea comes last, after qualifiers |
| Periodic Sentence | When flowers bloom and birds sing and Spring has sprung, then people go on Pilgrimages. |
| Loose Sentence | main idea comes early in the sentence, with qualifiers at the end. |
| Chiasmus | A sentence pattern in A B B A |
| Chiasmus | We should eat to live, not live to eat. |
| Begging the Question | Logic falsely based on unproved premises |
| Circular reasoing | Logic based on simply restating the argument in different terms |
| Straw man argument | Substituting a false or exaggerated version of an argument and then attacking those claims as if they represent the legitimate position. |
| Ad hominem argument | Argument that attacks the person, not the argument |
| Slippery slope, thin edge of the wedge argument | An argument that predicts grave consequences that are not necessarily certain |
| Anaphora | Repeated words at the beginning of sentences or phrases. |
| Anaphora | I came, I saw, I conquered. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration; overstatement |
| Analogy | A comparison for the purpose of explaining or clarifying. |
| Alliteration | repetition of initial consonants |
| Antithesis | opposition or contrast of ideas. |
| Oxymoron | I must be cruel to be kind |
| Tu Quoque | The "You are, too" logical fallacy |
| False Dilemma | Either we cut Social Security or the economy will dry up |
| Genetic Fallacy | Eugenics bad bc developed by Nazis |
| Red Herring | Logical fallacy of presenting a diversion |
| Post Hoc | Logical fallacy: came first, therefore caused |
| False Dilemma | Two choices are given when in fact more are possible. |
| Slippery slope | If we lose the war in Iraq, America will be taken over by terrorists. |
| Syllogism | Premises A and B lead to Conclusion C |
| Zeugma | A city of broken dreams and windows. |
| Synesthesia | The sunlight crashed through the window. |
| Synesthesia | Using the "wrong" sense terms. |
| Double entendre | Having two meanings |
