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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Using words in context where the meaning is contrary to the situation






2. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






3. Assumption of another persons character






4. An omission of conjunctions in a series






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






6. 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)






7. Interlocking word order ABAB






8. Double negative - understatement






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






10. Implied comparison






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






12. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






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






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






15. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






16. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






17. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






18. Substituting part for the whole






19. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






21. Contradictory words in the same phrase






22. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






24. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






25. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






28. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






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






30. Use of words of same or similar meaning






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






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






33. An exageration without like or as






34. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






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






36. Saying what one says will not be said