Test your basic knowledge |

AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
Instructions:
  • Answer 36 questions in 20 minutes. 1 minute extra for reading the instructions.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Repitition of a word - usually at the begining of a clause or phrase. Used for emphasis.






2. Saying what one says will not be said






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






4. 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.






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






6. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






7. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






8. Separation of parts of a compund word






9. Contradictory words in the same phrase






10. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






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






12. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






14. An omission of conjunctions in a series






15. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






16. 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)






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






18. Double negative - understatement






19. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






21. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






22. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






24. Interlocking word order ABAB






25. Assumption of another persons character






26. Implied comparison






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






28. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






30. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






31. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






33. Substituting part for the whole






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






35. An exageration without like or as






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