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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






3. Implied comparison






4. Assumption of another persons character






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






6. An omission of conjunctions in a series






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






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






9. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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






12. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






13. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






15. Contradictory words in the same phrase






16. 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.






17. 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)






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






19. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






21. Double negative - understatement






22. An exageration without like or as






23. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






24. Use of excessive conjunctions






25. Saying what one says will not be said






26. Substituting part for the whole






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






28. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






29. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






32. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






34. Use of words of same or similar meaning






35. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






36. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit