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Worksheetsaeneid 1-200 rhetorical figures - examples
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Arma virumque cano (line 1)
metonymy
alliteration
hyperbaton
hendiadys
saevae memorem Junonis ob iram (line 4)
chaismus (ABBA)
synchesis (ABAB)
polysyndeton
anastrophe
saevae memorem Junonis ob iram (line 4)
transferred epithet
synchdoche
metaphor
simile
genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae. (lines 6-7)
tricolon crescendo
asyndeton
anaphora
apostrophe
genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae. (lines 6-7)
transferred epithet
metonymy
synchesis
anastrophe
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso quidve dolens regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit. (select 2!) (lines 8-10)
anaphora
asyndeton
anastrophe
onomonopoteia
Tantaene animis caelestibus irae? (line 11)
synchesis
chiasmus
metaphor
simile
(lines 52-54)
Hic vasto rex Aeolus antro luctantis ventos tempestatesque sonoras imperio premit ....
word picture
chiasmus
apostrophe
asyndeton
Illi indignantes magno cum murmure montis
circum claustra fremunt; (lines 55-56)
alliteration
hyperbaton
transferred epithet
chiasmus
Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est
seditio saevitque animis ignobile vulgus.....; (148-149)
epic simile
synchdoche
polysyndeton
hyperbole
Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est
seditio saevitque animis ignobile vulgus.....; (148-149)
enjambment
metonymy
personification
anaphora
celsa sedet Aeolus arce
sceptra tenens mollitque animos et temperat iras; (lines 56-57)
chiasmus
synchesis
anaphora
apostrophe
