J"ir"h Inocence A. S"mp"ng
Ms. Sh"woneki" Thom"s
English IV
30 J"nu"ry 2019
“Hook, Line, +nd Sinker”
The use of voc"bul"ry words for the intended "udience to h"ve its desired effect
is " t"lent to h"ve. Most liter"ry works cont"in voc"bul"ry terms th"t "re used to
emph"size the me"ning of " cert"in phr"se, bec"use it brings power unto its
definition. Logic"l f"ll"cy, repetition "nd underst"tement sh"ll bring color unto the
"rgument.
St"rting off with " quote s"id by Mr. Trump in the 2016 presidenti"l deb"te, “A
sm"ll lo"n of 14 million doll"rs.” As to which it is such "n underst(tement th"t
m"kes the "udiences wonder "t " personʼs societ"l st"nd"rds in life to s"y such
things, but th"t underst"tement h"s effectively c"ptured the "udience "ttention.
Th"t is the foremost function of the voc"bul"ry terms, to use " “hook, line, "nd
sinker” technique for people to st"y interested in " topic. F"llon (2007) once s"id
th"t, “An underst"tement is " liter"ry device in which " writer or spe"ker
"ttributes less import"nce or conveys less p"ssion th"n the subject would seem
to dem"nd. Underst"tement is often used for comic effect.” Mostly, in my opinion,
it brings out the inquisitiveness of " person—or oneʼs presumptuousness,
depending on the perspective— whenever " topic is brought out front with this
"ppro"ch. T"ke logic(l f(ll(cy "s "n ex"mple. Most of the people would "dvice to
"void using this type of "ppro"ch in deb"tes "s it wriggles onto " new t"ngent
"w"y from the topic "t h"nd, which renders the deb"te ineffectu"l. Most
commonly used technique from logic"l f"ll"cy would be (d hominem, which is
"tt"ck on person. This ex"mple from Mr. Trump might justify wh"t I suggest, "s he
s"id, “All you h"ve to do is t"ke " look "t WikiLe"ks, "nd ...
