AP Latin, Aeneid 2, Stylistic Device Practice

2.43-44 Aut ūlla putātis dōna carēre dolīs Danaum?

• Synchysis

• Chiasmus

• Alliteration

• Metomymy

Answer explanation

2.43-44 Aut ūlla putātis dōna carēre dolīs Danaum?

Laocoon uses alliterarion to underscore the instrinsic treachery (dolis) of the Greek gift (dona Danaum) of the Wooden Horse.

45 Aut hōc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī

• Ellipsis

• Epanalepsis

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

Answer explanation

45 Aut hōc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī

lignum [=wood] here stands for the Wooden Horse

2.56 Troiaque nunc stāret, Priamīque arx alta manērēs.

• Anastrophe

• Apostrope

• Enallage

• Personification

Answer explanation

2.56 Troiaque nunc stāret, Priamīque arx alta manērēs.

Aeneas both personifies and directly addresses the citadel of Troy in increase the pathos (emotion) of his speech ("Oh high citadel of Priam you would still be standing, if our minds had not been stupid and we had listened to Laocoon's warning")

2.203-4 Ecce autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per alta

(horrēscō referēns) immēnsīs orbibus anguēs

• Hyperbaton

• Hyperbole

• Hendiadys

• Hysteron Proteron

Answer explanation

2.203-4 Ecce autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per alta / (horrēscō referēns) immēnsīs orbibus anguēs

2.209 Fit sonitus spūmante salō; iamque arva tenēbant

• Ecphrasis

• Prolepsis

• Onomatopoeia

• Prosopoeia

Answer explanation

2.209 Fit sonitus spūmante salō; iamque arva tenēbant

The repetition of the -s- sound reflects the hissing sound of the foaming sea which in turn echoes the hissing sound of the twin serpents.

2.213-4 et prīmum parva duōrum corpora nātōrum serpēns amplexus uterque

• Synecdoche

• Zeugma

• Chiasmus

• Synchysis

Answer explanation

2.213-4 et prīmum parva duōrum corpora nātōrum serpēns amplexus uterque

The interlocked word (ABAB) order verbally reflects the entwining of the coils of the serpents around the little bodies (parva corpora) of Laocoon's two sons (duorum natorum)

2.218-9 bis medium amplexī, bis collō squāmea circum

terga datī superant capite et cervīcibus altīs.

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Tmesis

• Tricolon Crescens

• Enallage

Answer explanation

2.218-9 bis medium amplexī, bis collō squāmea circum / terga datī superant capite et cervīcibus altīs.

The participle circumdati has been split into two words.

2.222 clāmōrēs simul horrendōs ad sīdera tollit:

• Hyperbole

• Hyperbaton

• Hendiadys

• Hysteron Proteron

Answer explanation

2.222 clāmōrēs simul horrendōs ad sīdera tollit:

Laocoon's horrible screams of pain are said to reach the stars.

2.277-8 squālentem barbam et concrētōs sanguine crīnēs

vulneraque illa gerēns, quae circum plūrima ... .

• Litotes

• Polysyndeton

• Tricolon crescens

• Polyptoton

Answer explanation

2.277-8 squālentem barbam et concrētōs sanguine crīnēs / vulneraque illa gerēns, quae circum plūrima ... .

Tricolon crescens is the accumulation of three parallel phrases or clauses, each of which is at least one syllable longer than that preceding. Its poetic aim is to reflect the heightening of pathos (emotion).

2.294 hōs cape fātōrum comitēs, hīs moenia quaere

• Anaphora

• Polyptoton

• Litotes

• Polysyndeton

Answer explanation

2.294 hōs cape fātōrum comitēs, hīs moenia quaere

Polyptoton is the repetition of a noun or pronoun in different cases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses.