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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Repitition of the same sounds in two or more words. usually applies to consonants and accented initial vowels.






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






3. An exageration without like or as






4. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






5. Saying what one says will not be said






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






7. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






8. Implied comparison






9. Double negative - understatement






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






11. Assumption of another persons character






12. 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.






13. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






14. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






15. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






17. Contradictory words in the same phrase






18. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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)






21. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






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






24. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






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






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






27. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






29. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






30. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






31. An omission of conjunctions in a series






32. Substituting part for the whole






33. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






35. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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