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Ecphonesis – a sentence consisting of a single word or short phrase ending with an exclamation point. Eloquence – fluent, elegant, persuasive, and forceful speech, persuading an audience. Ellipse – the suppression of ancillary words to render an expression more lively or more forceful.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence. [3] "This, it seemed to him, was the end, the end of a world as he had known it..." (James Oliver Curwood) Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause. It comes from the Greek phrase "carrying up or back". [4]
'I’m sorry I haven’t been able to talk long, but I’ve loved our chat.'
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Paraprosdokian: A sentence or phrase with an unexpected twist or surprise at the end. Paroemion: alliteration in which nearly every word in a sentence or phrase begins with the same letter. Polyptoton: repetition of words derived from the same root. Polysyndeton: close repetition of conjunctions.
The idea that you cannot end a sentence with a preposition is an idle pedantry that I shall not put UP WITH." Another called back to those rule books, saying, "I'd like to formally request a ...
Thus: "their story is our story". Originally it referred to the end of Rome's dominance. Now often used when comparing any current situation to a past story or event. de novo: from the new "Anew" or "afresh". In law, a trial de novo is a retrial of the issues as though they had not been tried before.