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