Question

4. What literary device circumvents the principle of chronological arrangement of events?

Answer 1

Answer:

Ad Hominem

Latin for "to the man" or "to the person", responding to arguments by attacking a person's character, rather than to the content of their arguments.

(Fallacious ad hominem reasoning)

-A: "All murderers are criminals, but a thief isn't a murderer, and so can't be a criminal."

B: "Well, you're a thief and a criminal, so there goes your argument."