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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






2. Interlocking word order ABAB






3. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






4. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






5. Assumption of another persons character






6. Saying what one says will not be said






7. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






8. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






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






10. Use of words of same or similar meaning






11. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






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






14. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






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






17. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






19. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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






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






23. An omission of conjunctions in a series






24. An exageration without like or as






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






26. Implied comparison






27. 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)






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






29. Double negative - understatement






30. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






31. 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.






32. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






34. Contradictory words in the same phrase






35. Substituting part for the whole






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