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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures
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1. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit
Zeugma
Assonance
Simile
Anastrophe
2. Double negative - understatement
Aposiopesis
Allegory
Litotes
Polyptoton
3. A formal description - often used in epic to make a transition to a new scene
Assonance
Ecphrasis
Hendiadys
Onomatopoeia
4. An exageration without like or as
Hyberbole
Irony
Tmesis
Zeugma
5. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing
Prolepsis
Transferred Epithet
Irony
Apostrophe
6. Repitition of the same sounds in two or more words. usually applies to consonants and accented initial vowels.
Enjambment/Enjambement
Anaphora
Tmesis
Alliteration
7. Repitition of a word - usually at the begining of a clause or phrase. Used for emphasis.
Assonance
Apostrophe
Anaphora
Praeteritio
8. Use of one closely conected noun in place of another
Metonomy
Ecphrasis
Pleonasm
Tricolon Trescens
9. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'
Tricolon Trescens
Simile
Irony
Assonance
10. Use of words of same or similar meaning
Tricolon Trescens
Pleonasm
Synchysis
Anastrophe
11. An omission of conjunctions in a series
Apostrophe
Onomatopoeia
Asyndaton
Metaphor
12. When the object of a preposition precedes the preposition.
Prolepsis
Simile
Tmesis
Anastrophe
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)
Hysteron Proteron
Prolepsis
Onomatopoeia
Pleonasm
14. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.
Anastrophe
Aposiopesis
Hyperbaton
Asyndaton
15. Omission of one or more words necessary to the sense.
Praeteritio
Elipsis
Assonance
Litotes
16. Implied comparison
Metaphor
Allegory
Propsopopoeia
Asyndaton
17. The expression of an idea using two nouns joined with an 'and' but translated 'Of'
Transferred Epithet
Hendiadys
Tmesis
Prolepsis
18. Assumption of another persons character
Apostrophe
Propsopopoeia
Synchysis
Onomatopoeia
19. Substituting part for the whole
Tmesis
Hendiadys
Hysteron Proteron
Synedoche
20. Contradictory words in the same phrase
Litotes
Hysteron Proteron
Ecphrasis
Oxymoron
21. When words that belong together naturally are separated for effect.
Chiasmus
Onomatopoeia
Synedoche
Hyperbaton
22. Separation of parts of a compund word
Tmesis
Personification
Allegory
Synedoche
23. Repitition of key word with slight change to form
Polyptoton
Personification
Oxymoron
Enjambment/Enjambement
24. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities
Personification
Hysteron Proteron
Hyperbaton
Onomatopoeia
25. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.
Irony
Chiasmus
Tricolon Trescens
Hendiadys
26. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense
Oxymoron
Zeugma
Transferred Epithet
Onomatopoeia
27. Interlocking word order ABAB
Chiasmus
Tmesis
Propsopopoeia
Synchysis
28. Saying what one says will not be said
Irony
Praeteritio
Enjambment/Enjambement
Metaphor
29. An inversion of the natural order of speech(reversal of logical word order)
Metaphor
Hysteron Proteron
Pleonasm
Simile
30. A narrative in which abstract ideas (love - rumor - knowledge) figure as circumstances or persons usually to enforce a deeper moral truth
Pleonasm
Tricolon Trescens
Allegory
Transferred Epithet
31. An address to some one or thing not present.
Apostrophe
Metonomy
Synedoche
Transferred Epithet
32. Three like phrases in a row - three relative clauses - three prep clauses - etc
Personification
Anastrophe
Hysteron Proteron
Tricolon Trescens
33. Use of excessive conjunctions
Hysteron Proteron
Polysyndaton
Synedoche
Hendiadys
34. Using words in context where the meaning is contrary to the situation
Irony
Asyndaton
Allegory
Enjambment/Enjambement
35. 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.
Hendiadys
Enjambment/Enjambement
Litotes
Zeugma
36. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.
Polysyndaton
Anaphora
Praeteritio
Assonance