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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. 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)






2. Use of excessive conjunctions






3. Interlocking word order ABAB






4. Separation of parts of a compund word






5. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






6. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






7. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






8. Contradictory words in the same phrase






9. An omission of conjunctions in a series






10. Saying what one says will not be said






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






12. Double negative - understatement






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






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






15. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






16. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






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






19. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






21. Substituting part for the whole






22. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






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






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






27. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






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






29. An exageration without like or as






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






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






32. Assumption of another persons character






33. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






34. 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.






35. Implied comparison






36. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities