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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
Instructions:
  • Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Omission of one or more words necessary to the sense.






2. Saying what one says will not be said






3. 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)






4. Implied comparison






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






6. Contradictory words in the same phrase






7. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






8. Assumption of another persons character






9. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






10. An exageration without like or as






11. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






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






14. Use of excessive conjunctions






15. Double negative - understatement






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






17. An omission of conjunctions in a series






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






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






20. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






21. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






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






23. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






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






26. 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.






27. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






28. Separation of parts of a compund word






29. Interlocking word order ABAB






30. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






31. Substituting part for the whole






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






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






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






35. Use of words of same or similar meaning






36. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit