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