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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 === | ||