AP Latin Literary Devices

interlocking word order

break from the narrative for an address, in the 2nd pers, of a pers or object, abs or pres

is understatement, often enhanced by the use of the negative

is the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses.

exaggeration for rhetorical effect

figure of speech which likens or asserts an explicit comparison between two different things

is the use of words the sound of which suggests the sense

is the substitution of one word for another which it suggests

distanced placement of 2 (or more) words which are logically meant to be understood together

representation of something in - animate or abstract as endowed with life and action

the separation into two parts of a word normally written as one

the repetition of the same letter or sound, usually at the beginning of a series of words

the omission of a conjunction where a connective might have been used

is an overabundance of conjunctions

is a question that anticipates no real answer

continuation of a unit of thought beyond end of one verse and into the first few ft. of next

an arrangement of contrasted words in inverse order (follows a pattern of ABBA)