Fallacies & Literary Devices

Question 1

Kevin&#x27;s grandparents do not know how to use a computer. Kevin thinks that all older people must be computer illiterate.

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Generalization

Question 2

Spill the beans

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Idiom

Question 3

The menacing music in horror movies

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Foreshadowing

Question 4

Life is a highway.

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Metaphor

Question 5

"That&#x27;s not healthy. I should know because, even though I&#x27;m not a doctor, but I play one on TV.”

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Testimonial

Question 6

It&#x27;s raining cats and dogs, so don&#x27;t step in a poodle!

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Pun

Question 7

Same difference

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Oxymoron

Question 8

Mr. Smith is a serial killer, but Mr. Jones once littered in the park. Both are criminals!

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False Comparision

Question 9

The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee.

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Alliteration

Question 10

My head is pounding like a drum.

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Imagery

Question 11

I&#x27;ve told you this 20,000 times.

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Hyperbole

Question 12

A retired CEO of the Crayola company suffered from colorblindness.

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Irony

Question 13

She&#x27;s as blind as a bat

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Analogy

Question 14

Being out late is bad; you only make bad choices when you&#x27;re out late.

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Card-Stacking

Question 15

Zip

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Onomatopeia

Question 16

Every time I wash my car, it rains

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False Cause

Question 17

It is what it is

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Repetition

Question 18

Eighteen-year-olds have the right to vote because it&#x27;s legal for them to vote.

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Circular Reasoning

Question 19

They are as different as night and day.

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Simile

Question 20

Is there an Einstein in your physics class?

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Allusion

Question 21

I got sick after eating sushi last week. Pizza is the best.

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Non-Sequitur

Question 22

My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

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Personification

Question 23

Babies: You want either want one or you hate them.

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Either/Or

Fallacies & Literary Devices

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Fallacies & Literary Devices

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