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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. A formal description - often used in epic to make a transition to a new scene






2. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






3. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






4. An exageration without like or as






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






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






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






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






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






10. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






11. Contradictory words in the same phrase






12. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






13. 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)






14. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






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






17. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






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






20. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






21. An omission of conjunctions in a series






22. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






23. Use of words of same or similar meaning






24. Assumption of another persons character






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






26. Saying what one says will not be said






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






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






29. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






30. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






31. Separation of parts of a compund word






32. 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.






33. Substituting part for the whole






34. Implied comparison






35. Double negative - understatement






36. Use of excessive conjunctions