Latin A-Level
Structural devices and word order
What Structural devices and word order means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Structural devices and word order
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A tricolon needs three coordinated elements; chiasmus needs an ABBA arrangement; hyperbaton needs a displaced word order.
Topics that use Structural devices and word order
- 2c. Content of Prose Literature (H443/03) (OCR A-Level)
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