figures of speech

Question 1

aedilie

Answer 1

the second office in the cursus honorum; public works

Question 2

alliteration

Answer 2

the repetition of a constant sound

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

a brief reference to information with the author assumes the audience is familiar, but which is outside the context of a work.

Question 4

analogy

Answer 4

an extended form of simile which compares two categorgicaly dissimilar items, ideas, or objects in order to explain the less familiar in terms of the more familiar.

Question 5

anaphora

Answer 5

the repteion of the same words at the begining of succive clausses or phrases

Question 6

antithesis

Answer 6

a rethorcial balancing of opposite ideas or phrases for a sense of emphasis or contrast

Question 7

asydeton

Answer 7

the ommison of customary connectinh words to create a rapid fire effect.

Question 8

chiasmus

Answer 8

a crossing over an abba or abcba

Question 9

climax

Answer 9

the highpoint of an argument follwoing a crescendo

Question 10

confirmatio

Answer 10

the fourth section of a speech in whcih teh proofs are presented aand arguement is developed.

Question 11

cresedno

Answer 11

the gradual building of words or phrases in order of importance or intestity.

Question 12

ellipsis

Answer 12

the ommsion of words which must be understood from context

Question 13

exodium

Answer 13

the introductory section of a speech

Question 14

hendiadys

Answer 14

using 2 nouns to express one idea

Question 15

hyporblye

Answer 15

a gross exgration to make a point, but not to be taken literay

Question 16

litotes

Answer 16

using 2 negatives to make a vague possitive

Question 17

metaphor

Answer 17

an implied comparison without the use of lie or as

Question 18

metonymy

Answer 18

namig one thing by something closely related to it

Question 19

narratio

Answer 19

usally the second section of the speech, in which facts of teh sitituation are laid out

Question 20

oxymoron

Answer 20

the use of two logically contradtory adjetives or terms to describe the same noun

Question 21

pater patriae

Answer 21

father of fther land the name that was given to cicero from rome people.

Question 22

peroratio

Answer 22

the conclusion of a speech, often in the form of a prayer or request

Question 23

persona

Answer 23

the personlaity of the author or speker in a literay or oratorical context.

Question 24

praeteritio

Answer 24

claiming that a point will not be mentioend but mentioning it anyway.

Question 25

propositio

Answer 25

usally the third section of the speech in which the points of agrement and contention are snumerated

Question 26

refutatio

Answer 26

fifth section of speech, agruments agaisnt opposnnets stance are presented

Question 27

synedcoy

Answer 27

naming something by a part instead of the whole.