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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
Instructions:
  • Answer 36 questions in 20 minutes. 2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
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1. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Assumption of another persons character






7. Use of words of same or similar meaning






8. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






10. An exageration without like or as






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






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






13. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






15. An omission of conjunctions in a series






16. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






17. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






18. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






19. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






20. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






22. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






23. Saying what one says will not be said






24. 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)






25. Implied comparison






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






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






28. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






29. Contradictory words in the same phrase






30. Double negative - understatement






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






32. Substituting part for the whole






33. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






35. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






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