Latin 3 Quarter 2 Figures Of Speech

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chiasmus

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The “crossing over” or sandwiching. An ABBA or ABCBA, ect., arrangement of elements in a line.

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hyperbole

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a gross exaggeration to make a point, but not to be taken literally

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litotes

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using two negative to make a vague positive

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alliteration

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the repetition of a constant sound, usually at the beginning of successive words

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oxymoron

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the use of two logically contradictory adjectives or terms to describe the same nouns

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polysyndeton

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the use of unnecessary conjunctions

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onomatopoeia

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the use of words whose sound suggests the sense

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tricolon

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a grouping of three words or phrases at the summation of a point

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zeugma

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a rhetorical device through which a single verb governs two or more objects in different ways

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personification

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giving human characteristics to non-human beings or objects

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anaphora

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the repetition of a word, usually at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses for emphasis

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simile

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an expressed comparison introduced by a word such as similis, qualis or velut

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metaphor

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an implied comparison, that is, the use of a word or words suggesting a likeness between what is actually being described and something else

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allegory

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a narrative in which abstract ideas figure as circumstanes or persons, usually to enforce a moral truth

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assonance

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the close recurrence of similar sounds, usually used of vowel sounds

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praeteritio

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claiming to not mention or "pass over" something that one plans to say

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hendiadys

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use of two nouns connected by a conjunction with the meaning of one modified noun

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metonymy

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the use of one noun in place of another closely related noun to avoid common words

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ellipsis

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omission of one or more words necessary to the sense

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synchesis

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arrangement of pairs of words so that one word of each pair is between the words of the other

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aposiopesis

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an abrupt failure to complete a sentence for rhetorical effect

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apostrophe

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an address to an absent person or abstraction

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asyndeton

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the omission of conjunctions in a closely related series

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ecphrasis

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an apparent digression describing a place, connected at the end of the description to the main narrative by hic or huc

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enjambement

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the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines

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hysteron proteron

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reversal of the natural and logical order of events or ideas

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irony

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the use of words with a meaning contrary to the situation

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pleonasm

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the use of unnecessary words

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prolepsis

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the use of a word before it is appropriate in the context. a proleptic adjective does not apply to its noun until after the action of the verb

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prosopopoeia

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the assumption of another's persona for rhetorical or dramatic effect

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synechdoche

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use of the part for the whole to avoid common words or to focus attention on a particular part

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tmesis

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separation of the parts of a compound word, usually for metrical convenience

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transferred epithet

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a device of emphasis in which the writer attributes some characteristic of a thing to another thing closely associated with it

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exordium

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opening statement

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narratio

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statement of facts

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refutatio

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counter argument

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confirmatio

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your argument

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peroratio

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closing statement