Rhetorical Devices in the Aeneid 1.1-33, 1.88-107

Which of the following best describes the use of metonymy in literary texts?

• The repetition of a grammatical structure in successive phrases.

• The use of a related concept or object to stand in for the thing actually meant.

• The direct appeal to the reader or audience.

• The deliberate omission of words for effect.

Which rhetorical device is demonstrated by the phrase "O terque quaterque beati" in the Aeneid?

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

• anaphora

What does the term "patronymic" refer to in literary analysis?

• A word that describes a place

• A name derived from the name of a father or ancestor

• A word that describes an emotion

• A word that describes an object

In the phrase "ORA patrum," which rhetorical device is being used (line 1.95)?

• metonymy

• apostrophe

• synecdoche

• hyperbole

Which device is present in "fluctusque ad sidera tollit" from the Aeneid 1.103?

• hyperbole

• ellipsis

• apostrophe

• metonymy

Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses in poetry?

• hyperbole

• anaphora

• apostrophe

• epistrophe

Which rhetorical device involves the omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence?

• ellipsis

• Asyndeton

• anaphora

• Metonymy

In the phrase "solvuntur FRIGORE membra," which rhetorical device is used?

• metonymy

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

Which device is illustrated by the repetition "hic...hic" in "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit"?

• anaphora

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

What is the rhetorical device called when normal word order is reversed, as in "maria omnia circum"?

• ellipsis

• anastrophe

• asyndeton

• metonymy