Literary Terms and Devices

Question 0

Hyperbaton

Answer 0

• when adjectives and nouns are separated at opposite ends of the line

Question 1

Ellipsis

Answer 1

Leaving out the verb sum, esse

Question 2

Polyptoton

Answer 2

• Repetition of a word with many different case endings

Question 3

Tricolon Trescens

Answer 3

• Three phrases or words increasing in length or meaning

Question 4

Chiasmus

Answer 4

• Word order changed to noun adjective adjective noun
ex.: fors ignara….saeva…ira
A B B A

Question 5

Synchysis

Answer 5

• interlocked word order
• often used to emphasize that things are related (as in 457) or it can be used to contrast things
• ex.: itsa….umeros gestaminia nostros (457)
A B A B

Question 6

Transferred epithet

Answer 6

• “he gave up the bottle” –> an object or person symbolizing a greater subject or topic
• ex.: verecundo rubore (484)

Question 7

Ellision

Answer 7

• When two words, one ending and one beginning with a vowel, are combined or can be combined for the purpose of meter
** Elisions can still happen when they are separated by the consonant “M” **

Question 8

Polysyndeton

Answer 8

• the repetition of a word 3 or more times

Question 9

Apostrophe

Answer 9

• Breaking the poem by introducing a narration which addresses a character or object in the poem

Question 10

Syndecdole

Answer 10

• “the mouth representing the face”
• a part representing a whole
• “ora” (mouth) represents the entire FACE, which it is actually translated as