- the
occurrence of
aposiopesis with punctuation, an em-rule (—) or an
ellipsis (...) may be used. One
classical example of
aposiopesis in
Virgil occurs...
- of the kitchen") "Birds of a feather..." (implied: "flock together")
Aposiopesis Xiehouyu Stephen Wayne Whitworth (1997). The Name of the Ancients: humanist...
- Hope. "Get out or else—"
Either an
ellipsis or an em dash can
indicate aposiopesis, the
rhetorical device by
which a
sentence is
stopped short not because...
- a
slight pause, an
echoing voice, or a
nervous or
awkward silence.
Aposiopesis is the use of an
ellipsis to
trail off into silence—for example: "But...
-
unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a
trailing off into
silence (
aposiopesis). The
ellipsis was
adopted into ****anese from
European languages. The...
- 15, 2016, Levi sent an
update to his
mailing list
titled "Goodbye /
Aposiopesis". He
stated that
music would no
longer be his occupation. He had accepted...
- The
Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the
Perfect English Phrase is a non-fiction book by Mark
Forsyth published in 2013. The book
explains classical...
-
question if a word or
phrase is
properly used to
characterize a subject.
Aposiopesis:
breaking off or
pausing speech for
dramatic or
emotional effect, often...
- winds. Virgil's
phrase is an
example of the
figure of
speech called aposiopesis.
Neptune is
angry with the winds, whom Juno
released to
start a storm...
- (siōpḗ), σιωπᾶν (siōpân), σιωπητέος (siōpētéos), σιώπησις (siṓpēsis)
aposiopesis,
aposiopetic siph- tube Gr**** σίφων (síphōn) siphon,
siphonoglyph sist-...
