Latin Literary Techniques 0.0 / 5 ? LatinGCSEOCR Created by: GinCreated on: 27-05-13 10:56 Alliteration Repetition of the SAME LETTER/SOUND in several words in CLOSE SUCCESSION 1 of 16 Anaphora REPETITION of SHORT WORD in CLOSE PROXIMITY 2 of 16 Antithesis CONTRAST of IDEAS 3 of 16 Apostrophe Part of speech or poem referring to ABSENT PERSON/ABSTRACT IDEA 4 of 16 Assonance REPEATED VOWEL SOUNDS in CLOSE SUCCESSION 5 of 16 Asyndeton OMISSION/ABSENCE of CONJUNCTION e.g. lack of 'and' in a sentence, "I came, I saw, I conquered" 6 of 16 Chiasmus The use of an A:B:B:A structure in order of words e.g. adjective: noun: noun: adjective 7 of 16 Enjambment CONTINUATION of sentence WITHOUT PAUSE beyond END of line/ couplet/ stanza 8 of 16 Metaphor Using a word/phrase to describe something that DOESN'T literally reply, the use of AS 9 of 16 Onomatopoeia Something that sounds like what it is describing e.g. thud or mugitibus sounds like mooing 10 of 16 Pathos Wording or phrases that EVOKES SADNESS AND/OR SYMPATHY 11 of 16 Personification REPRESENTATION of idea in something as having HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS 12 of 16 Polysyndeton REPEATED INCLUSION of CONJUNCTION e.g. repeated unnecessary use of 'and' 13 of 16 Repetition (kind of self explanatory) WORD/PHRASES repeated 14 of 16 Similie Figure of speech in which one thing is COMPARED to another, use of LIKE 15 of 16 Tricolon Group of THREE PHRASES, LINKED in IDEA and of SIMILAR STRUCTURE, usually for the purpose of EMPHASIS 16 of 16
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