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