aposiopesis
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And the novel's final line, from inside Valentine's head, is a typical and brilliant Fordian aposiopesis: "She was setting out on …" It could end there.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012
"If you will have it," said Alf, with fine aposiopesis.
From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
"Oh yes, and the sheep, too, but—" A pregnant aposiopesis.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
He filled up his aposiopesis with an uncouth gesture, signifying 'I may as well get back to Australia.'
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
