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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Repitition of a word - usually at the begining of a clause or phrase. Used for emphasis.






2. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






3. Double negative - understatement






4. Use of words of same or similar meaning






5. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






6. An omission of conjunctions in a series






7. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






9. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






10. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






11. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






13. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






16. Saying what one says will not be said






17. Assumption of another persons character






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






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






20. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






21. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






22. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






23. Contradictory words in the same phrase






24. Implied comparison






25. An exageration without like or as






26. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






27. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






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






29. Substituting part for the whole






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






31. 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)






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






33. 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.






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






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






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