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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. An exageration without like or as






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






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






4. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






7. Saying what one says will not be said






8. Implied comparison






9. Assumption of another persons character






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






11. Double negative - understatement






12. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






13. 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)






14. Use of words of same or similar meaning






15. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






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






18. Substituting part for the whole






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






20. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






22. Contradictory words in the same phrase






23. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






24. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






25. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






26. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






28. Use of excessive conjunctions






29. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






31. 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.






32. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






33. Separation of parts of a compund word






34. An omission of conjunctions in a series






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






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