Latin Lit. Terms Flash Cards

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Alliteration-

Back 1

When the same sound is repeated many times

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Anaphora-

Back 2

repetition of conjunctions for emphasis

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Anastrophe

Back 3

- When the word order is mixed up

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Apostrophe-

Back 4

address someone who isn’t there

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Aposiopesis-

Back 5

the speaker doesn’t finish their sentence.

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Asyndeton-

Back 6

lack of conjunctions

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Chiasmus-

Back 7

ABBA word order

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Echrasis-

Back 8

major digression in the story.

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Injamnent-

Back 9

Waiting for subject

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Golden line-

Back 10

Adj Adj V N N word order

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Hendiasis-

Back 11

Conjunction that should be translated as a gen.

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Hyperbole-

Back 12

exaggeration

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Litotes-

Back 13

either double negative, or not ‘something’ ex. Not smart

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Metonymy-

Back 14

pseudo name for something

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Onomatopoeia-

Back 15

with a quack quack here…

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Patronymic-

Back 16

using the father’s name for an offspring

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Pleonasm-

Back 17

unnecessary words

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Polysyndeton-

Back 18

too many conjunctions

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Personification-

Back 19

life like qualities to not real things

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Prolepsis-

Back 20

illogical order of words

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Synchesis-

Back 21

ABAB word order.

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Syncopation-

Back 22

where you cut out a middle section of the word

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Synecdoche-

Back 23

part as the whole

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Synezisis-

Back 24

1 syllable

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Tmesis-

Back 25

split word

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Zeugma-

Back 26

one word used twice with two different meanings.