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AP Latin Rhetorical Devices
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same letter or sound, usually at the beginning of a series of words. Often associated with onomatopeoia. EG Interea magno misceri murmure pontum.
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Alliteration
the repetition of the same letter or sound, usually at the beginning of a series of words. Often associated with onomatopeoia. EG Interea magno misceri murmure pontum.
Anaphora
the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses. Often associated with asyndeton. EG. Miratur molem Aeneas...miratur portas.
Anastrophe
the inversion of the normal order of words. EG te propter
Aposiopesis
(a silent falling) a breaking off in the middle of a sentence, the syntax of which is never resumed. EG Quos ego- sed motos praestat componere fluctus. Neptune suddenly decides to suppress his wrath.
Apostrophe
a sudden break from the previous narrative for an address, in second person, of some person or object. EG O terque quaterque beati,/ quis ante ora patrum Toiae sub moenibus altis / contigit oppetere! addressed to the Trojans who fell at Troy
