Latin: Rhetorical Devices

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alliteration

2+ words with same consonant sound

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anaphora

repeated word or phrase at beginning of successive clause

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chiasmus

ABBA word order

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epithet

nicknames or commonly used adjectives for a specific noun

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hendiadys

2 concepts used when 1 is simpler

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hyperbole

exaggeration to an extreme

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metaphor

comparison without like/as

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metonymy

one word suggests another (pen=sword)

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synecdoche

one word suggests another (part—> whole)

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personification

human attributes to describe non human objects

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simile

comparison with like/as

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synchysis

ABAB interlocking word order

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tricolon crescendo

3 phrases that grow in length or intensity