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