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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Use of one closely conected noun in place of another






2. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






3. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






4. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






5. Double negative - understatement






6. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






9. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






10. Saying what one says will not be said






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






12. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






13. Contradictory words in the same phrase






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






15. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






17. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






18. Substituting part for the whole






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






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






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






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






23. An omission of conjunctions in a series






24. Implied comparison






25. 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)






26. 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.






27. An exageration without like or as






28. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






29. Interlocking word order ABAB






30. Assumption of another persons character






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






32. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






33. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






34. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






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