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