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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






2. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






3. Saying what one says will not be said






4. Double negative - understatement






5. Assumption of another persons character






6. Separation of parts of a compund word






7. An exageration without like or as






8. An omission of conjunctions in a series






9. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






10. A narrative in which abstract ideas (love - rumor - knowledge) figure as circumstances or persons usually to enforce a deeper moral truth






11. Use of excessive conjunctions






12. Repitition of the same sounds in two or more words. usually applies to consonants and accented initial vowels.






13. Using words in context where the meaning is contrary to the situation






14. The expression of an idea using two nouns joined with an 'and' but translated 'Of'






15. A formal description - often used in epic to make a transition to a new scene






16. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






17. When the object of a preposition precedes the preposition.






18. When words that belong together naturally are separated for effect.






19. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






20. Use of one closely conected noun in place of another






21. An inversion of the natural order of speech(reversal of logical word order)






22. Implied comparison






23. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






24. Omission of one or more words necessary to the sense.






25. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






26. An address to some one or thing not present.






27. Use of a word before it is appropriate; leaves the reader hanging until the thought is completed (usually a verb comes between an adjective and the noun it modifies)






28. Use of words of same or similar meaning






29. Interlocking word order ABAB






30. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






31. Happens in poetry. Closely related words are split between one line and the next - often used by a poet to bind a poem together. It also adds the benefit of a pause before the completion of a thought.






32. Contradictory words in the same phrase






33. Substituting part for the whole






34. Repitition of a word - usually at the begining of a clause or phrase. Used for emphasis.






35. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






36. Three like phrases in a row - three relative clauses - three prep clauses - etc