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Either/or fallacy

 

Definition

Occurs when a speaker makes a claim (usually a premise in an otherwise valid deductive argument).

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Antithesis
Definition

Is a counter-proposition and denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition.

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Litotes
Definition

 Is a figure of speech in which understatement is employed for rhetorical effect.

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Rebuttal
Definition

When two people debate, one of them makes an argument, and the other follows with a rebbutal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong.

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Equivocation
Definition

Is classified as an informal logical fallacy.

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Ethos

(Greek)

Definition

Is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology.

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Media
Definition

Media may refer to: Contents. 1 Communications; 2 Computing; 3 Fine art; 4 Life sciences; 5 Locations; 6 Music; 7 Mythology; 8 Phonology,and 9 Ships etc.

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Euphemism
Definition

Is a generally innocuous word, name, or phrase that replaces an offensive or suggestive one.

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Irony
Definition

 From the Ancient Greek, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance is a rhetorical device, literary technique.

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Paradox
Definition

Is an argument that produces an inconsistency, typically within logic or common sense.

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Anaphora
Definition

Is a type of expression whose reference depends upon another referential element.

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