Latin 3 FIGURES OF SPEECH
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hcpsquinnal on June 12, 2012
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| synchesis |  interlocking word order a, b, a, b |
| chiasmus | arrangement of word pairs in criss-cross word order a, b, b, a |
| hyperbola | exaggeration for effect |
| alliteration | repetition of the same letters or souds in successive words |
| litotes | a form of a diliberate understatement often achieved by use of a negative to make a positive statement |
| anaphora | repitition of a word at the beginning of successibe clause for emphasis |
| apostrophe | an (often sudden) addressing of a person or object, absent or present, in the second person for emotional effect |
| personification | treatment of things or objects as human |
| Rhetorical questions | a question posed that does not ncessarily elicit a response |
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