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