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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Use of excessive conjunctions






2. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






3. 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.






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






5. Substituting part for the whole






6. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






8. 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)






9. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






10. Contradictory words in the same phrase






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






12. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






14. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






15. Separation of parts of a compund word






16. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






17. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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






20. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






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






23. Implied comparison






24. An exageration without like or as






25. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






26. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






27. Double negative - understatement






28. Saying what one says will not be said






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






30. An omission of conjunctions in a series






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






32. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






33. Assumption of another persons character






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






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






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