APLANG

Ad Hominem

Attacking a person instead of an issue or idea

Allusion

A literary, religious, or mythological reference

Ambiguity

An unclear meaning

Anaphora

Repetition of clauses at the beginning of successive clauses

Anecdote

A brief account of a relevant incident

Asyndeton

Omitted conjunctions in a series

Atmosphere

Emotional mood of a work

Begging the Question

Circular reasoning instead of answering the question “Does not mean bringing a question up”

Bias

Prejudice toward one side

Bombast

inflated, extravangant language

Call to action

The desires response or action

Cite

Identifying material used from a source

Colloquialism

Using slang or informalities

Concession w/ refutation or counterclaim

Acknowledging the validity of the opponents point

Diction

Word choice *must include an adjective

Either/or Fallacy or False Dichotomy

Limiting an argument to two options and ignoring the rest

Ellipsis

Omission of words needed to be complete * The… punctuation mark is called an ellipsis since it stands in the place of omitted words

Epistrophe

Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successful clauses

Equivocation

Using vague meanings in order to deceive

Ethos

An appeal to character or credibility