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** avoids scrutiny of individual arguments
** avoids scrutiny of individual arguments
** named for Duane Gish who spoke rapidly and without allowing the opponent to intervene or analyze each individual arguments
** named for Duane Gish who spoke rapidly and without allowing the opponent to intervene or analyze each individual arguments
=== merism ===
* stating the extremes of something
** as in "from A to Z"


=== metanoia ===
=== metanoia ===
* re-expressing a statement in a stronger or lesser way
* re-expressing a statement in a stronger or lesser way
* ''Her idea changed our country; indeed, it changed the world!''  
** ''Her idea changed our country; indeed, it changed the world!''  
* ''metanoia'' means "a change of mind, a new way of seeing"


=== metonymy ===
=== metonymy ===
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=== personification ===
=== personification ===
* giving human qualities to objects or ideas


=== trap question ===
=== trap question ===