Latin Figures of Speech – Flashcards
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Alliteration
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a series of words which begin with the same sound
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Anaphora
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repetition of a word for emphasis or pathetic effect
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Anastrophe
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placing the object of a preposition before the preposition
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Aposiopesis
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a speaker failing to complete a sentence due to extreme emotion
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Apostrophe
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a speaker's adress to an absent person, place, or idea
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Assonance
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recurrence of similar voul sounds
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Asyndeton
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omission of conjunctions
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Consonance
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recurrence of a consonant sound
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Ecphrasis
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an extended discription/digression describing a place or thing
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Ellipsis
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omission of a word easily understood in context of the sentence
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Enjambment
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delaying the occurrence of a word or phrase to the start of the following line
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Hendiadys
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the use of related nouns, connected by conjunction
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration for an emphatic effect
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Litotes
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assertion of an idea by denying the opposite
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Metaphor
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an implied comparison
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Metonymy
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using a related noun to suggest the author's intention and avoid common words and repition
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Onomatopoeia
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words whose meanings match their sounds
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Personification
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treating inanimate objects as if they were human
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Polyptoton
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repetition of key words with only changes in inflection
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Polysyndeton
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use of conjunctions that are unnecessary or excessive
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Praeteritio
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claiming not to mention an idea when the intent is to mention it
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Prolepsis
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a word used before it is appropriate in the context of the sentence
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Prosopopoeia
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assuming someone else's persona for dramatic effect
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Simile
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a comparison introduced by a word such as similis, qualis, velut, or veluti
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Synecdoche
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a part of something used to represent the whole thing
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Syncopation/Syncope
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contraction of words
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Tmesis
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separation of the parts of a compound word
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Transferred Epithet
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attributing a word that would ordinarily modify one noun to another noun
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Zeugma
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use of one verb that takes on a literal meaning with one object and a figurative meaning with another
