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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






2. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






3. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






4. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






6. Contradictory words in the same phrase






7. Implied comparison






8. Separation of parts of a compund word






9. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






12. An omission of conjunctions in a series






13. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






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






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






16. 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)






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






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






19. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






20. Saying what one says will not be said






21. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






22. An exageration without like or as






23. Use of words of same or similar meaning






24. Assumption of another persons character






25. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






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






28. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






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






31. Substituting part for the whole






32. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






34. Double negative - understatement






35. 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.






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