September162009

Fun with Vocab: Aposiopesis

Aposiopesis [ap-uh-sahy-uh-pee-sis] Rhetoric

  1. A sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed.
  2. Rhetorical style in which one deliberately fails to complete a sentence.

Why, I oughtta…[shake fist]”

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