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