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aeneid 1-200 rhetorical figures - examples

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arma virumque cano (line 1)

a)

metonymy

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbaton

d)

hendiadys

2.

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram (line 4)

a)

chaismus (ABBA)

b)

synchesis (ABAB)

c)

polysyndeton

d)

anastrophe

3.

saevae memorem Junonis ob iram (line 4)

a)

transferred epithet

b)

synchdoche

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

4.

genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae. (lines 6-7)

a)

tricolon crescendo

b)

asyndeton

c)

anaphora

d)

apostrophe

5.

genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae. (lines 6-7)

a)

transferred epithet

b)

metonymy

c)

synchesis

d)

anastrophe

6.

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)

a)

anaphora

b)

asyndeton

c)

anastrophe

d)

onomonopoteia

7.

Tantaene animis caelestibus irae? (line 11)

a)

synchesis

b)

chiasmus

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

8.

(lines 52-54)

Hic vasto rex Aeolus antro luctantis ventos tempestatesque sonoras imperio premit ....

a)

word picture

b)

chiasmus

c)

apostrophe

d)

asyndeton

9.

Illi indignantes magno cum murmure montis


circum claustra fremunt; (lines 55-56)

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbaton

c)

transferred epithet

d)

chiasmus

10.

Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est


seditio saevitque animis ignobile vulgus.....; (148-149)

a)

epic simile

b)

synchdoche

c)

polysyndeton

d)

hyperbole

11.

Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est


seditio saevitque animis ignobile vulgus.....; (148-149)

a)

enjambment

b)

metonymy

c)

personification

d)

anaphora

12.

celsa sedet Aeolus arce

sceptra tenens mollitque animos et temperat iras; (lines 56-57)

a)

chiasmus

b)

synchesis

c)

anaphora

d)

apostrophe