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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






2. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






3. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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






6. Use of words of same or similar meaning






7. Separation of parts of a compund word






8. Implied comparison






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






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






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






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






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. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






15. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






16. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






17. An omission of conjunctions in a series






18. Contradictory words in the same phrase






19. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






21. Assumption of another persons character






22. Substituting part for the whole






23. Double negative - understatement






24. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






26. An exageration without like or as






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Saying what one says will not be said






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






33. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






34. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






35. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






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