Question

MATCH the Figure of Speech to the correct quoted example.

Question 8 options:

Quis multā gracilis tē puer in rosā


paulum lacrimīs et mente morāta


saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram


Quālis apēs aestāte novā per flōrea rūra


Referēs ergō haec et nuntius ībis Pēlīdae genitōrī.


Mūsa, mihī causās memorā


tē patria, quae commūnis est parēns omnium nostrum, ōdit ac metuit et iam diū nihil tē iūdicat nisi dē parricīdiō suō cōgitāre:


bis collō squāmea circum
terga datī superant


clāmōrēs simul horrendōs ad sīdera tollit.


"Ac iam illa omittō neque enim sunt aut obscūra, aut nōn multa (ā tē) commissa”

1.
praeterition

2.
personification

3.
hysteron proteron

4.
apostrophe

5.
simile

6.
hyperbole

7.
tmesis

8.
hendiadys

9.
chiasmus

10.
transferred epithet

Answer 1

1. praeterition - "Ac iam illa omittō neque enim sunt aut obscūra, aut nōn multa (ā tē) commissa”

2. personification - clāmōrēs simul horrendōs ad sīdera tollit.

3. hysteron proteron - bis collō squāmea circum terga datī superant

4. apostrophe - Mūsa, mihī causās memorā

5. simile - Quālis apēs aestāte novā per flōrea rūra

6. hyperbole - paulum lacrimīs et mente morāta

7. tmesis - Referēs ergō haec et nuntius ībis Pēlīdae genitōrī.

8. hendiadys - Quis multā gracilis tē puer in rosā

9. chiasmus - tē patria, quae commūnis est parēns omnium nostrum, ōdit ac metuit et iam diū nihil tē iūdicat nisi dē parricīdiō suō cōgitāre:

10. transferred epithet - saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram