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AP Latin Literary Devices part I
AP Latin Literary Devices part I
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some fun examples of a few literary devices
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Abso-freakin-lutely!
synizesis
zeugma
asyndeton
tmesis
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
caesura
imperion
hiatus
asyndeton
3
Here is Tre and
his ride
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Time to un-pimp the auto.
sarcasm
hyperphora
synecdoche
hyperbole
4
I have a history exam and a physics lab and a math quiz and my Latin AP exam all on Friday!
synizesis
polysyndeton
simile
polybutylene
5
You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit.
zeugma/syllepsis
double entendre
pleonasm
enjambment
6
It was no small mishap that occurred that day on the oil rig.
asyndeton
elipsis
zeugma
litotes
7
Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in
forgetful snow
(TS Elliot)
hyperbaton
hypallage
tricolon crescens
synecdoche
8
The pen is mightier than the sword.
hysteron proteron
Transferred epithet/enallage
metonymy
onomataopoeia
9
When you look at the dark side, careful you must be.
epanalepsis
anastrophe
prolepsis
hyperbaton
10
It is a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury
, signifying nothing. (MacBeth)
epistrophe
hendiadys
enjambement
anacoluthon
11
On that day, there was no laughter, no joy, no happiness to be found.
all of the above
asyndeton
tricolon crescens
anaphora
12
I got the moves like Jagger; I got the moves like Jagger; I got the mooooooooooves like Jagger.
enjambment
transferred epithet
pathetic fallacy
tricolon crescens
13
Should it ever succeed in seceding, Texas would truly be the "lonely" star state.
cytoplasmaphora
epiphora
pathetic fallacy
anaphora
14
When I was a child,I spoke as a child,I understood as a child, thought as a child. (1Cor 13:11)
apostrophe
anaphora
anastrophe
epistrophe
15
the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
tmesis
alliteration
assonance
pathetic fallacy
16
Borrowing a '7th' foot from the next line in order to complete a thought in hexameter.
caesura
enjambement
enallage
hperbaton
17
Tis but a scratch. Just a flesh wound. I've had worse.
understatement
transferred epithet
hyperbole
litotes
18
Three shall be the number of thy counting, and the number of thy counting shall be three.
ecphrasis
enjambment
chiasmus
alliteration
19
cum tacent clamant
(though they be silent they scream)
hyperbaton
hendiadys
polybaton
oxymoron
20
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well. (Othello)
ekphrasis
pathetic fallacy
hysteron proteron
hamartia
21
"Life moves pretty fast..." (Ferris quote from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off')
apostophe
malpropism
solecism
hyperbole
22
The hissing of the slithering snake
asyndeton
synecdoche
alliteration
synizesis
23
Putin's great! But, you know, sometimes he can be a bit rude. Like one time at a party he...
aposiopesis
apostrophe
ecphrasis
hendiadys
24
Fred's friends fried Fritos for Friday's fiesta.
obliteration
alliteration
onomatopoeia
euphemism
25
The BIg Apple, MoTown, The Big Easy, City of Angles, The Windy City, etc.
zeugma
metonymy
hyperbole
pathetic fallacy
26
The cat purred and the lion roared.
onomatapeoia
apostophe
euphemism
heniadys
27
We don't graduate students of Latin; we produce the next step in evolution: Homo Latinitatis.
aletheia
hyperbole
pathetic fallacy
aphorism
28
Your poor performance caused the very walls of this school to weep.
pathetic fallacy
hyperbole
ecphrasis
hysteron proteron