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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Saying what one says will not be said






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






3. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






4. Double negative - understatement






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






6. Assumption of another persons character






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






8. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






9. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






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






12. An omission of conjunctions in a series






13. 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)






14. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






15. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






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






18. Contradictory words in the same phrase






19. Use of excessive conjunctions






20. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






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






23. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






25. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






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






27. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






28. An exageration without like or as






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






30. 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.






31. Substituting part for the whole






32. Interlocking word order ABAB






33. Implied comparison






34. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






36. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit