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AP Latin Rhetorical Figures

Subjects : languages, ap, latin
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1. Double negative - understatement






2. Use of excessive conjunctions






3. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'






4. 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.






5. An exageration without like or as






6. Substituting part for the whole






7. Contradictory words in the same phrase






8. Assumption of another persons character






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






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






11. Attributing some characteristic of one thing to another thing






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






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






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






15. Use of words of same or similar meaning






16. Saying what one says will not be said






17. An abrupt failure to complete a sentence.






18. Assigning inanimate objects human qualities






19. Joining of dissimilar words in a unit






20. An omission of conjunctions in a series






21. Repitition of sounds - usually vowel sounds.






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






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






24. Implied comparison






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






26. Repitition of key word with slight change to form






27. 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)






28. Interlocking word order ABAB






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






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






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






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






33. Arrangement of words in ABBA order.






34. Use of words whose sound suggest the sense






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






36. Separation of parts of a compund word