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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. An address to some one or thing not present.






2. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






3. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






5. Substituting part for the whole






6. Contradictory words in the same phrase






7. An omission of conjunctions in a series






8. Separation of parts of a compund word






9. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






10. Use of excessive conjunctions






11. Double negative - understatement






12. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






14. Interlocking word order ABAB






15. Saying what one says will not be said






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






17. Implied comparison






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






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






20. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






22. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






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






24. 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)






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






26. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






27. 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.






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






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






30. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






31. An exageration without like or as






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






33. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






34. Assumption of another persons character






35. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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