Rhetorical device: Difference between revisions

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=== irony ===
=== irony ===
=== Gish gallop ===
* rapid use of multiple arguments in order to overwhelm a debate or argument
** avoids scrutiny of individual arguments
** named for Duane Gish who spoke rapidly and without allowing the opponent to intervene or analyze each individual arguments


=== metanoia ===
=== metanoia ===