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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. A formal description - often used in epic to make a transition to a new scene






2. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






3. 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)






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






5. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






6. Interlocking word order ABAB






7. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






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






10. 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.






11. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






12. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






13. Saying what one says will not be said






14. An omission of conjunctions in a series






15. An exageration without like or as






16. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






17. Contradictory words in the same phrase






18. Substituting part for the whole






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






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






21. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






22. Implied comparison






23. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






24. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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






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






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






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






30. Separation of parts of a compund word






31. Double negative - understatement






32. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






35. Assumption of another persons character






36. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.