Caesar/Vergil - AP Latin- Literary Devices

Placing first what the reader might expect to come last

ABAB arrangement of words

Comparison using a word like sicut, similis, velut

Repetition of the same word in different cases at beginning of successive phrases or clauses.

Omission of conjunctions

Omission of words

Use of superfluous words

Use of words that sound like their meaning

A digression vividly describing a new place, object, or event.

Expression of meaning through an image

Use of negative to express a strong positive

The expression of something contrary to what is intended.

The separation into 2 parts of a compound word normally written as 1, often for a visual effect

Combination of 3 parallel elements, increasing by one syllable than the preceding element.

A narrative in which abstract ideas figure as circumstances or persons

Substitution of one word for another that is suggests

Use of one word in two different senses simultaneously

Use of many conjunctions

Use of part to express a whole

Use of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective

Attribution of human characteristics to something not human

Use of apparent contradiction

Breaking off in the middle of a sentence, where the speaker is overwhelmed with emotion.

Inversion of usual word order. Enables writer to place words in framing position for emphasis.

ABBA arrangement of words

Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a series of words or syllables.

Repetition of word/phrase for emphasis, usually at the beginning of successive phrases/clauses.

Postponing to the next line a significant word related to the previous line. A run-on line.

Addressing a person who is not present

Use of word sooner than it would logically appear

Exaggeration for rhetorical effect.

An adjective that agrees grammatically with 1 noun but shares its meaning with another noun