Latin Figures of Speech/Rhetorical Devices

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working list of latin rhetorical devices found in Catullus' poetry

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Hyperbaton

a dramatic separation of a noun-adjective pair

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Apostrophe

the vocative address of a person whom is not present (within the narrative)

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Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the start of successive clauses

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4

Transferred Epithet

when an adjective modifies a noun other than the one it most naturally applies to

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5

Polyptoton

the repetition of a word in different morphological forms

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Tmesis

separation of a prefix from a word

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Stylistic Enactment

the form of words acting out their meaning

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Chiasmus

“ABBA” word order, where the “A”s go together and the “B”s go together

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Anastrophe

inversion of typical word order

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Ellipsis

when a word is missing from the text, but can be supplied by context

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Assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

repetition of consonant sounds

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