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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






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






4. Double negative - understatement






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






6. 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.






7. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






8. Use of excessive conjunctions






9. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






10. Implied comparison






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






12. Separation of parts of a compund word






13. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






15. An omission of conjunctions in a series






16. Contradictory words in the same phrase






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






18. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






20. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






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






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






23. Interlocking word order ABAB






24. An exageration without like or as






25. Saying what one says will not be said






26. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






27. Assumption of another persons character






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






29. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






31. Substituting part for the whole






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






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






34. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






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)






36. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing