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