Latin Literary Techniques

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Alliteration
Repetition of the SAME LETTER/SOUND in several words in CLOSE SUCCESSION
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Anaphora
REPETITION of SHORT WORD in CLOSE PROXIMITY
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Antithesis
CONTRAST of IDEAS
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Apostrophe
Part of speech or poem referring to ABSENT PERSON/ABSTRACT IDEA
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Assonance
REPEATED VOWEL SOUNDS in CLOSE SUCCESSION
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Asyndeton
OMISSION/ABSENCE of CONJUNCTION e.g. lack of 'and' in a sentence, "I came, I saw, I conquered"
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Chiasmus
The use of an A:B:B:A structure in order of words e.g. adjective: noun: noun: adjective
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Enjambment
CONTINUATION of sentence WITHOUT PAUSE beyond END of line/ couplet/ stanza
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Metaphor
Using a word/phrase to describe something that DOESN'T literally reply, the use of AS
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Onomatopoeia
Something that sounds like what it is describing e.g. thud or mugitibus sounds like mooing
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Pathos
Wording or phrases that EVOKES SADNESS AND/OR SYMPATHY
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Personification
REPRESENTATION of idea in something as having HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS
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Polysyndeton
REPEATED INCLUSION of CONJUNCTION e.g. repeated unnecessary use of 'and'
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Repetition
(kind of self explanatory) WORD/PHRASES repeated
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Similie
Figure of speech in which one thing is COMPARED to another, use of LIKE
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Tricolon
Group of THREE PHRASES, LINKED in IDEA and of SIMILAR STRUCTURE, usually for the purpose of EMPHASIS
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REPETITION of SHORT WORD in CLOSE PROXIMITY

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Anaphora

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CONTRAST of IDEAS

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Card 4

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Part of speech or poem referring to ABSENT PERSON/ABSTRACT IDEA

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Card 5

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REPEATED VOWEL SOUNDS in CLOSE SUCCESSION

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