1) Rhetorical device
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Aposiopesis (s; Classical Greek: ἀποσιώπησις, `becoming silent`) is a figure of speech wherein a sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished, the ending to be supplied by the imagination, giving an impression of unwillingness or inability to continue. An example would be the threat `Get out, or else—!` This device oft...
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suddenly stopping in the middle of a speech for emphasis
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an interruption of an expresion without a subsequent restarting. See also anacoluthon.
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• (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, `I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here.`
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(Greek: `becoming silent`), a speaker`s deliberate failure to complete a sentence. Aposiopesis usually indicates speechless rage or exasperation, as ...
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Breaking off as if unable to continue, stopping suddenly in the midst of a sentence, or leaving a st
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An interruption of an expresion without a subsequent restarting. See also anacoluthon.
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Ap`o·si`o·pe'sis noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to be quite silent.]
(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, 'I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of
that , here.' ...
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Aposiopesis is an abrupt breaking away from a sentence and leaving it unfinished for the sake of greater effect. For example 'his character is such - but it is better I should not speak of that.'
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a form of ellipse by which a speaker comes to an abrupt halt, seemingly overcome by passion (fear, excitement, etc.) or modesty.
*Demosthenes, On the Crown 3
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n] - breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
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An abrupt stop in the middle of a sentence; used by a speaker to convey unwillingness or inability to complete a thought or statement.
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Aposiopesis is when a sentence is purposefully left incomplete or cut off. It’s caused by an inability or unwillingness to continue speaking. This allows the ending to be filled in by the listener’s imagination.
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noun breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
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a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
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