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