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