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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Interlocking word order ABAB






2. 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)






3. Contradictory words in the same phrase






4. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






5. 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.






6. An exageration without like or as






7. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






8. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






9. Double negative - understatement






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






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






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






13. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






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






15. Assumption of another persons character






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






17. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






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






20. Saying what one says will not be said






21. Substituting part for the whole






22. An omission of conjunctions in a series






23. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






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






26. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






29. Implied comparison






30. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






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






33. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






34. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






35. Separation of parts of a compund word






36. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities