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35 Cards in this Set
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alliteration: lepidum novum libellum
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repetiton of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.
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anacoluthon: ut nostrum insidiis caput lacessas, a tum te miserum malique fati!
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lack of grammatical sequence; a change in the grammatical construction within the same sentence
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anaphora
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the rhetorical repetition of a word or phrase for greater emphasis.
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anastrophe
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transposition of normal word order; most often found in Latin in the case of prepositions and the words they control.
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antistrophe
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repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
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antithesis: for while they were fighting at full pitch, I was running at full tilt
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opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
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apo koinou
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two constructions depending "on a common [word]" in a compressed phrase where a single word has a double syntactic function.
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apostrophe: o factum male! o miselle passer!
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a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.
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archaism: "Qui?.."
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the use of an old-fashioned word or expression to give a traditional feeling.
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assonance: lepidum novum libellum
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repetition of the same sound in words close to each other
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asyndeton
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lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
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chiasmus: Aureli pathice et cinaede Furi
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two corresponding pairs arranged not in parallels but in inverted order (a-b-b-a).
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conceit: associate with Poem 3, Lament For a Sparrow
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an elaborate or far-fetched idea.
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ellipse
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omission of a word that can be understood from context (often with esse).
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enjambment: si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam
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the running on of phrasing from on line to the next, particularly where the words separated by line ending are closely connected.
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golden line
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the five-word line arranged adjective, adjective, verb, noun, noun
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hapax legomenon
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only occurence of word in preserved Latin literature
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hendiadys
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use of two words connected by a conjunction, instead of subordinating one to the other, to express a single complex idea.
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homoioteleuton: lepidum novum libellum
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a recurrence of similar endings in successive words
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hyperbaton: desideratoque acquiescimus lecto?
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separation of words which belong together, often to emphasize the first of the separated words or to create a certain image
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hyperbole: da mi basia mille, deinde centum...
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exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect
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litotes: non sine candida puella
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understatemen, usually by way of a double negative
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meiosis: meas...nugas
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(oppositie of hyperbole) rhetorical understatement calculated to make a thing seem greater than it is by making light of it.
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metonymy:...pillatis nona fratribus pila...
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substitution of one word for another it suggests
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onomatopoeia: pipiabat
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use of words to imitate natural sounds
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personification: meminit fides
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attribution of personality to an impersonal thing
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pleonasm: quam te libenter quamque laetus inviso
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use of more words than necessary, repetition of the same idea in different words
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polyptoton: quicum lidere, quem in sinu tenere, cui primum digitum dare
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repetition of the same word or of words from the same root but different endings
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polysendeton
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the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses
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simile
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an explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'
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synchysis: quicum ludere, quem in sinu tenere
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interlocked word order
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syncope
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the abbreviation of a word, usually a verb, for the sake of metrical economy
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synecdoche: penetrabit Indos
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understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole or the whole for the part.
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transferred epithet
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grammatical agreement of a word with another word which it does not logically qualify
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tricolon crescendo: Lugete, o Veneres...deliciae meae puellae
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a rhetorical contruction in which each "leg" of a period is longer than the one preceding it.
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