Latin Figures of Speech Part 2 Flashcards
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Hendiadys
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2 words, 1 meaning
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Enjambment
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Key word jammed in next line
2
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration
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Hysteron proteron
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Inversion of logical order
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Irony
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The opposite of what’s expected or understood
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Litotes
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Double negative
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Metaphor
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The comparison of 2 things without using like or as
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Metonymy
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Word for related word
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Onomatopoeia
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Sound is meaning
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Oxymoron
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Apparent contradiction
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Personification
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Human qualities to the inanimate
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Pleonasm
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Extra words
