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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






2. Use of words of same or similar meaning






3. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






4. Interlocking word order ABAB






5. Saying what one says will not be said






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






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






8. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






9. Substituting part for the whole






10. 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)






11. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






12. Implied comparison






13. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






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






17. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






18. An omission of conjunctions in a series






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






20. An exageration without like or as






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






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






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






24. Double negative - understatement






25. Contradictory words in the same phrase






26. Separation of parts of a compund word






27. Use of excessive conjunctions






28. Assumption of another persons character






29. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






30. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






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






33. 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.






34. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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