Sorry so late guys! This week's word is:
Aposiopesis (pronounced like it sounds with a long e): a sudden break in speaking: a sudden break in speaking, giving the impression that the speaker does not want to or cannot continue.
For example, in the sentence: “On Tuesday morning I came in just as I always do, and I saw— I can’t go on”.
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I was walking through the park that night when-- it was ghastly.
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I was at the store the other day and i came across someone fom my past and-I shudder to think what she was holding.
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ReplyDeleteFrom Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain:
ReplyDelete"Well, I lay if I get ahold of you I'll–."
After hearing the loud crash, I walked to the back of the farm and could not fathom what it was I was looking at, it was- I'm sorry I can't go on.
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to say that you can't go on; that is what the dash communicates. Vida, Alex, and Karen, you have it right! The speaker is so filled with emotion that they choke; words get in the way.
ReplyDeleteFrom a Tell-Tale Heart:
ReplyDelete"Villains! I shrieked, "dissemle no more! I admit the deed!--tear up the planks!--here, here!--it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
The sight of his beauty filled my eyes, a fimiliar face from the past and-i trembled to think what his reaction of my glance was observing..
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