Figures Of Speech For Latin

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metaphor

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an implied comparison, using one word for another that it suggests, usually with a visual effect

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onomatopoeia

Back 2

use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning or the general meaning of their immediate context

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rhetorical question

Back 3

a question that is posed by a speaker but in fact expects no answer, often exclamatory or ot indicate indignation

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simile

Back 4

an explicit comparison between one person or thing and another
(often introduced by ut, velut, qualis, ceu, or similis)

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synecdoche

Back 5

type of metonymy in which a part is named in place of an entire object

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alliteration

Back 6

deliberate repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds, in successive words, for musical (and sometimes onomatopoetic) effect

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anaphora

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repetition of words or phrases for emphasis; often with asyndeton

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chiasmus

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arrangement of words or phrases in an oppositional, ABBA order, often to emphasize some contrast to create a word-picture

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interlocked word order (synchysis)

Back 9

arrangement of related pairs of words in an alternating ABAB pattern, often emphasizing the close connection between two thoughts or images

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metonymy

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a type of imagery in which one word, generally a noun, is employed to suggest another with which it is closely related

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polysyndeton

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use of a greater number of conjunctions than usual or necessary, often to emphasize the elements in a series

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transferred epithet

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application of an adjective to one noun when it properly applies to another, often involving personification and focusing special attention on the modified noun

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elision

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suppression or contradiction of a vowel (or a vowel + m) or diphthong at the end of a word before a word beginning with a vowel or diphthong (or with n + a vowel or diphthong)

reflects actual speech patterns occasionally employed to suggest rapid action or some special effect

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hendiadys

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use of 2 nouns connected by a conjunction (or preposition sometimes), often instead of one modified noun expressing a single complex idea

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hyperbole

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emphatic overstatement of a point or a description

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hysteron proteron

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description of events in an order reversing their logical sequence