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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






2. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






3. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






4. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






5. Double negative - understatement






6. Separation of parts of a compund word






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






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






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






10. Contradictory words in the same phrase






11. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






12. Use of excessive conjunctions






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






14. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






15. 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.






16. Implied comparison






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






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






19. 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)






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






21. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






22. Saying what one says will not be said






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. An exageration without like or as






30. Substituting part for the whole






31. An omission of conjunctions in a series






32. Interlocking word order ABAB






33. Assumption of another persons character






34. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






35. Use of words of same or similar meaning






36. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing