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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. Double negative - understatement






3. Use of excessive conjunctions






4. Saying what one says will not be said






5. Implied comparison






6. An exageration without like or as






7. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






8. Assumption of another persons character






9. Contradictory words in the same phrase






10. 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.






11. Substituting part for the whole






12. 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)






13. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






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






16. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






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






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






19. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






21. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






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






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






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






25. Use of words of same or similar meaning






26. An omission of conjunctions in a series






27. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






28. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






31. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






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






34. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






35. Separation of parts of a compund word






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