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LTP Quiz 12 Vocabulary

This week is a little different. No Latin - just rhetorical terms. Knowing these will not just help you with Latin literature, but also your English classes as well!

AB
AnaphoraThe repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis
AnastropheInversion of usual word order
AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions
DiminutiveA form of denoting smallness
EllipsisOmission of words
HendiadysUse of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective
LitotesUse of a negative to express a strong positive
MetonymySubstitution of one word for another that it suggests
PersonficationAttribution of human characteristics to something not human
SynedocheUse of part to express a whole


Classics Instructor
The Lukeion Project
Cincinnati, OH

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