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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






2. Substituting part for the whole






3. An omission of conjunctions in a series






4. Use of words of same or similar meaning






5. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






7. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






9. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






10. Double negative - understatement






11. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Separation of parts of a compund word






17. An exageration without like or as






18. 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)






19. Implied comparison






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






21. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






23. Assumption of another persons character






24. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






25. Saying what one says will not be said






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






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






28. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






29. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






30. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






33. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






35. Contradictory words in the same phrase






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