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