Latin Figures of Speech Part 3 Flashcards
0
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Praeterito
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Mention, by saying your not going to mention it
1
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Polysyndeton
A
Extra conjunctions
2
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Prolepsis
A
Foreshadowing
3
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Prosopopoiea
A
Making up a speech
4
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Simile
A
A comparison of 2 words using like or as
5
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Synchesis
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An arrangement of words in ABAB word order, interlocked
6
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Synecdoche
A
Part for the whole
7
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Timesis
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Cutting a word in half
8
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Transferred epithet
A
Word grammatically goes with one word, logically with another
9
Q
Tricolon cresens (crescendo)
A
3 similar phrases
10
Q
Zeugma
A
A verb translated both literally and figuratively
11
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Hyperbiton
A
Unusual word order
12
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Rhetorical question
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Question for effect, not expecting an answer
