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| The deliberate omission of a word(s) in order to stress some word that is written and that is emphasized by the omission. |
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| The deliberate omission of a word(s) merely for the sake of brevity. |
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| In order to emphasize a hypothetical statement, it appears without its concluding (consequent) clause. |
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| Synthesis (placing two things together) |
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| An omitted word is contained in an expressed word, thus drawing attention to the one combining two meanings. |
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| An omission of a word(s) from the first clause is supplied by its presence in the second clause, and, at the same time, a different omission in the second clause is supplied by its presence in the first clause. |
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| One verb governs two nouns, though it is appropriate to only one of them, to arrest attention and prevent the sharing of emphasis by two verbs, the second verb is omitted that all the stress might fall on the verb used. |
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| By omitting the connecting "ands" the reader is not detained over the separate statements and asked to consider each in detail; instead, he is hurried over the various matters as though they are of lesser significance than the great climax to which they lead up, and which alone the reader is to emphasize. |
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| Polysyndeton (many "ands") |
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| Unlike asyndeton, this figure has not climax; instead of hurrying the read on to reach the important conclusion, the many "ands" slow him down asking him to stop, weigh, and regard each matter mentioned as significant. |
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| a figure of etymology relating to the spelling of words, it is used of the cutting off of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word. |
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| Aposiopesis (sudden silence) |
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| this is the sudden breaking off of what is being written, so the mind may be the more impressed with what is too wonderful or too solemn or too awful to be expressed in words. |
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