Aposiopesis IPAc en icon p s a . p i s s Ancient Greek Classical Greek , 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 often portrays its users as overcome with passion fear, anger, excitement or modesty . To mark the occurrence of aposiopesis with punctuation an Dash Em dash em dash or an ellipsis may be used. A classical example of aposiopesis in Virgil occurs in Aeneid 2.100. Sinon, the Greek who is posing as a traitor to deceive the Trojans into accepting the Trojan Horse within their city wall, tells about how Ulixes spread false rumors at Sinon s expense. Indeed, Ulixes does not stop his malicious gossiping until he causes Sinon s ruin with the help of the seer Calchas. The whole story is a lie that Sinon tells with consummate artistry in order to convince the Trojans that he deserted the Greeks to escape Ulixes s enmity. To ensure the effect of his elaborate lie, Sinon at one point leaves a crucial statement unfinished Aen . 2.97 100 hinc mihi prima malis labes, hinc semper Vlixes br criminibus terrere nouis, hinc spargere uoces br in uulgum ambiguas et quaerere conscius arma. br nec requieuit enim, donec Calchante ministro br This was the time when the first onslaught of ruin began for me. br Ulixes kept terrifying me with new accusations, br kept spreading ambiguous rumors among the people, br and kept looking for quarrel. br Nor did he in fact ever stop, until with the help of Calchas br A more modern example of aposiopesis ..., an aposiopesis arises when the if clause or Protasis linguistics protasis of a condition is stated without an ensuing then clause or apodosis . Because an aposiopesis implies a trailing off of thought ... nl Aposiopesis ja pl Zamilkni cie tl Aposiopesis uk ... more details
Orphan date November 2006 Prosiopesis from Ancient Greek Classical Greek , , becoming silent is a term coined by Otto Jespersen for pronouncing a word or phrase without vocalizing its initial sounds. One example Jespersen gave is for Good morning to be shortened to Morning . Jesperson introduced the idea in Language, Its Nature, Development, and Origin ASIN B0007DEMMW 1922 he also discusses it in The Philosophy of Grammar ISBN 0 226 39881 1 reprint 1992 . Prosiopesis is studied as a mode for originating interjections, which can shed light on their meaning. See also aposiopesis . External links http webhost.ua.ac.be tisp viewabstract.php?id 597 Secondary Interjections in English , Mayumi Nishikawa of Setsunan University 9th International Pragmatics Conference, International Pragmatics Association, 2005 abstract http itre.cis.upenn.edu myl languagelog archives 003162.html Parataxis in Pirah , Mark Liberman of the University of Pennsylvania , casual discussion on Language Log ling stub Category Pragmatics Category Historical linguistics ... more details
distinguish Quis ego Quos ego Latin , literally Whom I are the words, in Virgil s Aeneid I, 135 , uttered by Neptune mythology Neptune in threat to the disobedient and rebellious winds. Virgil s phrase is an example of the figure of speech called aposiopesis . Cultural references The words are used in the Vulgate Book of Ezekiel Ezekiel 2 4 in a reference to naughty children. Gustave Flaubert likens a teacher s punishment of misbehaving students to the Quos ego in the opening scene of Madame Bovary . Depictions in art of Neptune threatening the winds include the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi and paintings by Peter Paul Rubens and Simone Cantarini . References http www.websters online dictionary.org Qu Quos Ego.html Webster s Online Dictionary http www.gutenberg.org catalog world readfile?fk files 1448922&pageno 3 Madame Bovary Category Latin words and phrases Category Aeneid de Quosego sv Quos ego ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove May 2008 notability May 2008 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Temple in the Underworld Type Album Artist Root band Root Cover The Temple in the Underworld Root.jpg Recorded October 3 10, 1992 Released 1992 in music 1992 Producer Big Boss Musician Ji Big Boss Valter Label Monitor Records Genre heavy metal music Heavy metal br Doom metal br Black Metal Last album Hell Symphony 1991 This album The Temple in the Underworld br 1992 Next album K rger s 1996 The Temple in the Underworld is the third full length album by the Czech black metal band Root band Root . Track listing All Lyrics By Big Boss, except where noted. All Music As Noted. ref http www.discogs.com Root The Temple In The Underworld release 2120330 Songwriting credits at discogs ref Intro 1 38 Casilda s Song 4 43 Lyrics Robert William Chambers Music Big Boss The Temple in the Underworld 5 04 Music Big Boss, Petr Ho ek Aposiopesis 5 07 Music Petr Ho ek The Solitude 3 38 Music Big Boss Voices from... 1 28 The Wall 7 51 Music Petr Ho ek The Old Ones 4 48 Music Petr Ho ek, Big Boss Message 4 23 Music Petr Ho ek, Ren Kostel k My Name ... 5 15 Music Petr Ho ek My Deep Mystery 4 55 Music Petr Ho ek Freebee 1 18 Personnel Big Boss Musician Ji Big Boss Valter Vocals, Keyboards, Special Effects Petr Blackosh Ho ek Electric Guitar Electric , Acoustic Guitar Acoustic & Bass Guitar s Dan Mr. D.A.N. Jan ek Guitars Ren Evil Kostel k Drums References reflist Root band DEFAULTSORT Temple in the Underworld, The Category 1992 albums Category Root albums ... more details
literature The following is a list of literary terms that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of poetry, novels and picture books. See also Glossary of poetry terms , Literary criticism , Literary theory inc lit CompactTOC8 name Contents align center custom1 References and further reading A Abecedarius Academic drama Acatalectic Accent poetry Accent Accentual verse Acrostic Act drama Act Aisling Allegory Alliteration Allusion Anachronism Anacrusis Anadiplosis Anagnorisis Analects Analepsis Analogue literature Analogue Analogy Anapest Anaphora rhetoric Anaphora Anastrophe Anecdote Annal Annotation Antagonist Antanaclasis Antepenult Anthology Anti climax narrative Anticlimax Anti hero Anti masque Anti romance Antimetabole Antinovel Epistrophe Antistrophe Antithesis Antonym Aphorism Apocope Apocrypha fiction Apocrypha Apollonian and Dionysian Apologue Apologetics Apology Apothegm Aposiopesis Apostrophe figure of speech Apostrophe Apron stage Arcadia utopia Arcadia Archaism Archetype Aristeia Argument Arsis and thesis Arsis Art for art s sake Asemic writing Aside Assonance Asyndeton Atmosphere literature Atmosphere Attitude psychology Attitude Aubade Aube Aubade Audience Autobiography Autotelic Avant garde B Image RochesterBestiaryFolio007rLeopard.jpg 200px thumb right The Leopard from the 13th century bestiary Rochester Bestiary. Ballad Ballade Ballad stanza Bard Baroque Bathos Beast fable beast epic Beast poetry Beat Generation Beginning rhyme Belles lettres Bestiary Beta reader Bibliography Bildungsroman Biography Black comedy Blank verse Bloomsbury Group Body publishing Body Fustian Bombast fustian Boulevard theatre Bourgeosis drama Bouts Rim s Thomas Bowdler Bowdlerize Breviloquence Broadside Burlesque Burletta Burns stanza Buskin Byronic hero C Cadence literature Cadence Caesura Calligram Western canon Canon Canso song Canso Canticum Canto Canzone Capa y espada Captivity narrative Caricature Carmen figuratum Carpe diem Catac ... more details
Other uses distinguish Ellipse Punctuation marks . . . Ellipsis variant1 &hellip caption1 Precomposed ellipsis variant2 . . . caption2 Spaced 3 periods variant3 caption3 Mid line ellipsis wiktionary Ellipsis plural ellipses from the lang grc , lleipsis , omission or wikt elipsis falling short is a series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word, sentence or whole section from the original text being quoted. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence, aposiopesis , example But I thought he was . . . When placed at the beginning or end of a sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of melancholy or longing. The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech or any other form of text, but it is incorrect to use ellipses solely to indicate a pause in speech. The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops . . . or a pre composed triple dot glyph . The usage of the Dash Em dash em dash can overlap the usage of the ellipsis. The Chicago Manual of Style recommends that an ellipsis be formed by typing three periods, each with a space on both sides. The triple dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point , points of ellipsis , periods of ellipsis , or colloquialism colloquially , dot dot dot . In writing In the 19th and early 20th centuries, an ellipsis was often used when a writer intentionally omitted a specific proper noun, such as a location Jan was born on . . . Street in Warsaw. As commonly used, this juxtaposition of characters is referred to as dots of ellipsis in the English language. Occasionally, it would be used in pulp fiction and other works of early 20th C. fiction to denote expletives that would otherwise have been censored. ref Raymond Chandler, Frank MacShane. Raymond Chandler Stories and Early Novels . First Edition. New York Library of America . 1995. Note on the Texts . ref An ... more details
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