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	Aposiopesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aposiopesis (from Classical Greek, ἀποσιώπησις, "becoming silent") is the term, coined by Otto Jespersen, for the rhetorical device by which the speaker or writer deliberately stops short and leaves something unexpressed, but yet obvious, to be supplied by the imagination, giving the impression that she is unwilling or unable to continue.
		The traditional example of aposiopesis is the threat of Neptune in Virgil's Aeneid 1.135:
		In common syntax, an aposiopesis may arise when the protasis of a condition is stated without an ensuing apodosis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aposiopesis (274 words)

	Aposiopesis
		Aposiopesis is an example of a rhetorical trope.
		Figures, like Aposiopesis make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively.
		Figures of speech such as Aposiopesis use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
	www.examples-help.org.uk /aposiopesis.htm (320 words)

	anacoluthon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Architecture's 'use' of aposiopesis in ruins is so powerful that the Romanticism of the 18c.
		John Soane might be regarded as an aposiopesis junkie for having had his draughtsfman, Gandy, draw up his project for the Bank of England as a classical ruin and other parts of his house-museum as a vast mausoleum.
		Aposiopesis is the figure of speech that terminates speech, calling for the power of silence to replace the rattle of discourse from subject to subject and the correlative use of discourse as a 'model' for 'interrogating/valuing' the object.
	art3idea.psu.edu /boundaries/puzzles/aposiopesis.html (1471 words)

	Aposiopesis
		Aposiopesis is a figure of speech, in particular a form of ellipsis, in which the speaker breaks off suddenly in the middle of speaking, giving the impression that he is unwilling or unable to continue.
		The traditional example of aposiopesis comes from Virgil's Aeneid 1.135:
		This closely mirrors a more contemporary example of aposiopesis, namely, "Why I oughta...".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ap/Aposiopesis.html (97 words)

	Britannica India: Did you Know?
		Aposiopesis usually indicates speechless rage or exasperation, as in “Why, you.
		In ancient Greek rhetoric, the aposiopesis occasionally takes the form of a pause before a change of subject or a digression.
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	www.britannicaindia.com /duk_det_inside.asp?art_id=205 (238 words)

	Amazon.com: Aposiopesis: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The poetics of compression: the role of aposiopesis in the representation of conversion in Dante's Commedia.(Poem): An article from: Italica by Thomas E. Mussio (Digital - Jun 22, 2004) - HTML
		Here is the figure of speech known in rhetoric as aposiopesis, to heighten the effect of the suddenness and completeness of...
		Arcadia aposiopesis (Gk `becoming silent') A rhetorical device in which speech is...
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	Aposiopesis - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		APOSIOPESIS (the Greek for "becoming silent"), a rhetorical device by which the speaker or writer stops short and leaves something unexpressed, but yet obvious, to be supplied by the imagination.
		The classical example is the threat, "Quos ego !" of Neptune (in Virgil, Aen.
		This page was last modified 11:34, 25 Aug 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Aposiopesis (53 words)

	Connections: Poetry: Terms: Figures
		Aposiopesis, which literally means falling silent, is the technique of breaking off suddenly to convey some kind of emotion.
		The humor of the latter stanza comes from the narrator's constant aposiopesis and the reader's awareness of the kind of learning to which the narrator refers.
		There are many other rhetorical figures that speakers and writers use routinely, knowingly or not.
	www.math.grin.edu /~simpsone/Connections/Poetry/Terms/figures2.html (254 words)

	APOSIOPESIS (the Greek... - Online Information article about APOSIOPESIS (the Greek...
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		APOSIOPESIS (the Greek for " becoming silent ")
		End of Article: APOSIOPESIS (the Greek for " becoming silent ")
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /APO_ARN/APOSIOPESIS_the_Greek_for_becom.html (165 words)

	The Finger of God - Figure Aposiopesis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Greek Aposiopesis from aposiopao (to be silent after speaking, to be silent.
		She could not understand why, if Jehovah was intreated and answered Isaac’s prayer, she should so suffer that the answer was almost as hard to be borne as her former condition.
		—There is a wonderful Aposiopesis here, where the mother of Sisera looks out of her lattice and wonders where Sisera is, and why he does not return.
	www.biblebob.net /Figures/Aposiopesis.htm (1114 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I noted with disappointment, however, that while you mentioned two of your faves, "aposiopesis" and "paralipsis," they were not linked to previously written articles about them (hint, hint).
		One of the things you realize when reading through books of rhetorical terms is that virtually any identifiable pattern of language has a cool-sounding Greek or Latin name.
		Aposiopesis has long been a personal favorite, as mentioned.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19990728 (333 words)

	A.Word.A.Day--aposiopesis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Bryan >Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 00:03:06 -0400 >From: Wordsmith >Subject: A.Word.A.Day--aposiopesis > >ap.o.si.o.pe.sis n., pl. -ses [LLat.
		aposiopesis become silent: apo- (intensive) + siopan, to be silent silence] A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, > as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
		> "Scheier is concerned with form and Allison focuses `on Nietzsche's > rhetorical use of aposiopesis,' that is, of becoming silent." > Spector, Stanley J., Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's > > >This week's theme: Figures of Speech.
	lists.samurai.com /pipermail/bryans-list/1997-September/002109.html (230 words)

	aposiopesis - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary
		Meaning: A sudden breaking off of a thought in mid sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
		It is aposiopesis even if we replace the omitted material with a bland substitute such as, "Marjorie, your new dress is so.
		The Romans picked up the word from Greek aposiopan "to become silent", made up of apo-, an intensive prefix meaning "very" or "suddenly", + siopan "to be silent", a verb built from siope "silence".
	www.alphadictionary.com /goodword/word/aposiopesis (326 words)

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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/ap/aposiopesis.html (187 words)

	Temporarily muting yourself (Philosophistry) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I was reminded of this process when I stumbled upon the term aposiopesis, a poetic device whereby the speaker or writer deliberately stops and leaves something unexpressed.
		Aposiopesis is also used in hip-hop, such as in Eminem's "Hi My Name Is&mdash" or in Sisqo's expression, "She had thighs like what" (where what is a placeholder for the aposiopesis).
		Aposiopesis blankets my life after periods of intense learning.
	philosophistry.com /archives/2006/09/temporarily_muting_yourself.html (433 words)

	What's in a Word? - Maxwell Institute JBMS
		The technical term for such fragments is aposiopesis, which the OED defines as a "rhetorical artifice, in which the speaker comes to a sudden halt, as if unable or unwilling to proceed." In 2 Nephi 2:10, we see an example of aposiopesis:
		With anacoluthia, the author begins with one structure and finishes with another, whereas with aposiopesis, the author begins an idea and never finishes it at all.
		In contemporary written English, we usually separate items in a series with commas and then use a conjunction before the last item, as in "faith, hope, and charity." In scriptural texts, authors used two rhetorical variations of structure for items in a series: polysyndeton and asyndeton.
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	My vocabulary Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hygge: A Danish word meaning instantly satisfying and cozy, i would imagine that very few slubberdegullions who are Ugsome and afflicted by Giomlaireachd are hygge.
		I was talking about Ugsome Slubberdegullions who are afflicted by Giomlaireachd and are therefore not particularly Hygge when i had an Aposiopesis.
		Passengeer: (v) i was passengeering the other day while Linus was driving, we were discussing Ugsome slubberdegullions who have Giomlaireachd and are therefore not Hygge when he had an aposiopesis and we had to stop so he could remember what he was doing.
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	Aposiopesis - Wikipedia
		Die Aposiopesis ist trotz ihrer Nähe zur Abruptio nicht mit dieser zu verwechseln.
		Später kommt es zu einer Differenzierung der Aposiopesis in zwei Unterbegriffe: Homoioptoton und Homoioteleuton.
		Der Ursprung dieser musikalisch-rhetorischen Figur ist auf die klassische Rhetorik zurückzuführen, hier ist Aposiopesis oder Aposiopese definiert als das Weglassen eines wesentlichen Satzteils bzw.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aposiopesis (240 words)

	Company C Contemporary Ballet
		Proia, a graduate of the School of the Paris Opera Ballet, was a soloist with NYCB and created works for them, the Paris Opera Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and others.
		Charles Anderson will be represented by two ballets: Hush, a duet for two women set to the music of Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma, and Aposiopesis, described by the choreographer as being "all about relationships.
		I chose the title because I was intrigued by its meaning (a sudden breaking of a train of thought).
	www.companycballet.org /press_press.html (567 words)

	Definition of aposiopesis - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek aposiOpEsis, from aposiOpan to be fully silent, from apo- + siOpan to be silent, from siOpE silence
		Learn more about "aposiopesis" and related topics at Britannica.com
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	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=aposiopetic (62 words)

	aposiopesis - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
		We found no English translation for 'aposiopesis' in our French to English Dictionary.
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	MTO 7.5: Dissertation Listings
		The Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the "Ghost" trio and the Vcl Sonata all come to some kind of dramatic halt in the temporal flow very early on in the work.
		In classical rhetoric, this suspension is called "Aposiopesis." The idea of Aposiopesis has resonances thoughout the works and is particularly evident in the Vcl Sonata.
		Support for the implementation of rhetorical devices is found in Johann Mattheson's Der vollkommene Capellmeister, a treatise that appears to be important throughout much of Beethoven's working life.
	www.societymusictheory.org /mto/issues/mto.01.7.5/dis.7.5.html (2800 words)

	Quia - Literary Terms 1-8
		Allegory, alliteration, anaphora, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, chiasmus, ecphrasis
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	www.quia.com /fc/682504.html (29 words)

	Rhetorical Terminology
		(aposiopesis the former, anacoluthon the latter) to the same line in King Lear
		aposiopesis the reader understands what would have followed had the break not
		A good example of aposiopesis occurs at V.x.4-5
	www.cyberpat.com /shakes/rhet.html (957 words)

	Book 9 - Chapter 2: Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory
		The figure άποσιώπησις (aposiopesis), which Cicero calls reticentia, Celsus obticentia, and some authors interruptio, is used in testifying something of passion or anger, as,
		There is also a kind of self-interruption, which is not indeed an aposiopesis, so as to leave a speech unfinished, but a suspension of what we are saying before we come to the natural termination of it, as, "I am too urgent, the young man seems to be moved," and, "Why should I say more?
		You have heard the young man himself speak."
	www.public.iastate.edu /~honeyl/quintilian/9/chapter2.html (6131 words)

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