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