Across
- 6. The tendency for people to selectively find and warp existing evidence and information to fit their current opinions and viewpoints.
- 8. A figure of speech where the speaker lifts an objection (disagreement against the topic) and immediately answers the disagreement in order to avoid any counter arguments
- 13. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
- 14. When the main premise is incorrect or the premises do not guarantee the accuracy of the conclusion.
- 15. Compounds words or phrases that have equivalent meanings so as to create a definite pattern
- 17. A kind of ad hominem (an argument that attacks the source rather than their stance) that claims not to mention something by (backhandly) doing just that.
- 19. Explaining not simply why a topic matters generally, but why it should matter specifically at this time and place and for one's intended readership.
- 21. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
- 24. A link purposely made to look enticing in order to have the audience click on it because of interest.
- 28. A proposition /declarative sentence that may or may not be true. Based on a premise, the reader is able to infer the outcome or conclusion of another sentence.
- 33. A self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
- 34. A question that prompts or encourages the desired answer.
- 36. A phrase that promotes positive feelings instead of providing direct information (commonly used in advertising).
- 37. A figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another word that it is closely associated with.
- 38. Anaphora is the repetition of certain words and expressions in the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, and clauses.
- 44. A series of actions that will result in terribly bad consequences that were not intended before.
- 45. The repetition of conjunctions in close successions
- 48. In poetry, the repetition of a vowels without the repetition of consonants.
- 49. An argument that opposes the idea or theory developed in a claim.
- 50. Where you interpret or believe something to be true without having any real evidence to prove this often leading the assumption to be incorrect.
- 51. An environment where certain beliefs are repeated according to someone’s existing perspectives such that they are only exposed to the same beliefs as their own.
Down
- 1. The fallacy refers to a man with a gun but who has no shooting skills, who shoots a bunch of bullet holes in a wall.
- 2. A technique of projecting positive or negative qualities.
- 3. A rhetorical figure in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.
- 4. The absence of conjunctions between parts of a sentence
- 5. The momentum a person possesses or establishes in order to achieve a certain goal. Additionally, directional motivation may also be seen as an individual’s willing to cost themselves and exert effort.
- 7. An argument that is practically just a weaker argument of another person's argument which can be easily refuted, which means that it can be easily proved false. So, in shorter words, it's a weak argument that you took from your opponent. A strawman is considered very disrespectful, because if you say it, you usually mean it in a rude way, but if you do it by mistake, it is okay, because accidents happen.
- 9. When words or phrases are used multiple times in order to emphasize an idea.
- 10. When an argument, remark, or attack is made against a person’s being instead of their claim or position they hold in a debate.
- 11. Word repetition of the same word at the beginning or ending of a phrase, clause, or sentence.
- 12. A logical fallacy where the conclusion is the beginning and end of an argument, making the argument intrinsically flawed due to the lack of external evidence
- 16. Ordinary people
- 18. When there are multiple points of views on something that is opposite or don’t agree with one another. It can often be tense and heated as people try to convince the other people to agree with their opinions and values.
- 20. A situation in which an internet user encounters only information and opinions that conform to and reinforce their own beliefs, caused by algorithms that personalize an individual’s online experience.
- 21. Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
- 22. When a sentence arranges words as it slowly increases by importance.
- 23. An inversion of the usual order of words and/or clauses.
- 25. The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
- 26. A type of propaganda that basically means that you are stacking the cards in your favor. For example, if a brand of snack food is loaded with sugar (and calories), a company may say that they have low fat, which might sway the people into thinking that they have low calories, even though that is completely not true.
- 27. A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are opposites, or highly contrasted. Contrasting two opposing ideas in a sentence or a phrase.
- 29. A written declaration or formal statement certifying to a person's character, conduct, or qualifications, or to the value, excellence, etc.,
- 30. When a person supports two contradicting ideas, or when their behaviors contradict each belief.
- 31. The desire to do something that everyone else does or is popular.
- 32. If the premises of an argument are true, the conclusion is guaranteed to be true as well.
- 35. When the base of an argument or the proposition somebody upholds is either false or will lead to an incorrect conclusion.
- 39. The recurrence of similar sounds.
- 40. A technique used in order to emphasize certain parts of texts with detail and other literary devices.
- 41. News that is intentionally altered or completely crafted (usually to discredit someone or something) to be emotionally charged but presented as fact like truthful news.
- 42. States what you are trying to prove.
- 43. A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
- 46. A failure in reasoning which renders and argument invalid
- 47. language A rhetoric or words and phrases with strong connotations that are used to influence an audience by triggering a strong emotional response.