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Aposopesis Form Ellipse Speaker Abrupt Halt Seemingly Overcome

Front Aposopesis
Back A form of ellipse by which a speaker comes to an abrupt halt, seemingly overcome by passion or modesty

Tags: device, stylistic, syntactical

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