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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Use of words of same or similar meaning






2. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






3. Saying what one says will not be said






4. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






5. Double negative - understatement






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






7. Implied comparison






8. Substituting part for the whole






9. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






10. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






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






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






13. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






14. 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)






15. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






16. Interlocking word order ABAB






17. Use of excessive conjunctions






18. An exageration without like or as






19. Assumption of another persons character






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






27. An omission of conjunctions in a series






28. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






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






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






32. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






34. Separation of parts of a compund word






35. Contradictory words in the same phrase






36. 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.