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rapproche elmt abstrait / ellt concret
Dire peut pour suggérer beaucoup « va je ne te hais point »
Rapprochement de mot de son semblable mais dont le sens est différent
« Près d'un lac serein, calme et tranquille »
Assigning lifelike characteristics to inanimate objects.
A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute
when a speaker introduces an irrelevant issue or piece of evidence to divert attention from the subject of the speech
false assumption that because one event occurred before another event, it must have caused that event
A Greek term that means "word"; an appeal to logic; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals (see ethos and pathos).
a fallacy that occurs when someone attempts to persuade someone else with the logic that "everyone else is doing it."
A statement containing a subject and predicate; an independent clause.
a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions
Use of an aspect of something to represent the whole.
Created by a subordinating conjunction, a clause that modifies an independent clause.
Similarity in structure in a pair or series of words, phrases or clauses
A form of deductive reasoning in which the conclusion is supported by major and minor premise (see premise; major; and minor).
a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses
Retelling an event or series of events.
The speaker's attitude toward the subject or audience.