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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. When words that belong together naturally are separated for effect.






2. Saying what one says will not be said






3. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






4. Assumption of another persons character






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






6. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






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






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






9. Substituting part for the whole






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






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






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






13. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






14. Contradictory words in the same phrase






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






16. An exageration without like or as






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






18. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






19. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






21. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






22. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






23. Use of words of same or similar meaning






24. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






25. 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)






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






27. Implied comparison






28. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






29. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






31. Double negative - understatement






32. 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.






33. Separation of parts of a compund word






34. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






36. An omission of conjunctions in a series