Latin Final
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- anaphora
- tantum...tantum...tantum...
- ecphrasis
- in epic poems. connected with hic or huc. describing a place
- metahpor
- an implied comparison. the likeness between what is actually being described and something else.
- apostrophe
- an address to an absent person
- onomatopeia
- the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. plop, pop, drip, zap.
- personification
- giving human characteristics to a non-human thing.
- assonance
- a close reoccurance of similar sounds usually used of vowel sounds.
- synecdoche
- im going to get a new set of wheels(meannig a new car) avoiding common words
- oxymoron
- two contradictory adjectives to describe the same noun. Jumbo Shrimp.
- pleonasm
- use of unnecessary words. i will descend down the later. down is not needed.
- hendiadys
- use of two nouns connected by a conjunction with the means of one modified noun
- ellipsis
- omission of one or more words necessary to the sentence.
- heraclea
- a city in Cucania, originally settled by Tarentines in 432. it was here that Pyrrhus won his first expensive victory over Rome
- Hyperbole
- a gross exageration- the waves went up to the stars
- zeugma
- rhetoric device through which a single verb governs two or more objects in different ways. she shut the door and her heart.
- Grattius
- the prosecutor in the case against Archias. nothing more is known about him that what Cicero tells about him in his statement.
- Tmesis
- separation of the parts of a compound word. a happy morning. the morning is not happy, the person is happy.
- praeteritio
- claming to not mention or "pass over" something that one plans to say. im not going to mention any names; sarah.
- polysyndeton
- the use of unnecassary conjunctions. i went to the store and bought some bread and cheese and milk and butter and...
- tricolon
- a grouping of three words. builds on a phrase.
- Confirmatio
- why you are right
- alliteration
- repition of a constant sound. peter piper picked pickles playfully
- Lex Iulia de Cavitate Latinis Danda
- 90 BC. concerning citizenship given bu the latins. granted roman citizenship to all Italian cities that did not rebell against rome
- Lex Papia de Peregrinis
- 65 BC concerning foreigners. crack down on illegal people would be kicked out of rome.
- asyndeton
- omission of a conjunction. a book and a binder and a folder(NO) a book, binder, and folder.(YES)
- Metellus
- consul of 206 BC. he fought against hannibal in the southern Italian region of Burttium during the second Punic War
- Transferred Epithet
- the writer attributes characteristics of a thing to something closely associated with it.
- simile
- an expressed comparason intoduced by a word such as similis, qualis, or velut
- Synchesis
- ABAB
- prolepsis.
- the waves beat against the sunken ships
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- born in 106 BC. socal class was lower. in cosul 7 times. exiled by Clodius in 58 BC.
- Hysteron Proteron
- let us fail and take this test. reversal of logical order
- metonymy
- the use of one noun in place of another closely related noun to avoid common words
- irony
- the use of words with a meaning contrary to the situation
- allegory
- a whole series of metaphors in a story.
- Narratio
- facts, what the case is about
- Exortium
- opening statement
- chiasmus
- ABBA or ABCBA. the "crossing over"
- magna graecia
- greek cities in southern Italy. among which were 6 cities
- Lex Plautia Papiria de Civitate Sociis Danda
- 39 BC. considering citizenship going to be given to allies. elegable if met conditions.1) citizen of city allied with rome 2)perminaty residancy in rome 3)go to judge and register in 60 days.
- Refutatio
- why opponent is wrong
- Peroratio
- closing statement
- Licinius Lucullus
- archias was supported by this family. went on military trips with him and they went to sicily together. he vouched for Archias
- prosopopoeia
- taking someones persona for a dramatic effect. "santa went HO HO HO"
- Litotes
- using two negatives to make a positive. i will not deny that i ate a lot of food over thanksgiving
- enjambement
- one thought that continues to the next line
- Aposiopesis
- abrupt failure to complete a sentence for effect. If you do that one more time-
- Archias
- defended by Cicero for his claim of Roman citizenship. Pompy wanted to prosecute Archias which would be a big blow against his enemy Lucullus. not sure if he was convicted but believed that he was proved innocent