Education English | Aposiopesis | “Aposiopesis consists of leaving a statement unfinished (Etherton,
1973:209)”. This is often done to increase suspense or to leave the reader to form his own conclusion. Furthermore, the examples of aposiopesis according to Etherton are:
a. You‟d better do it or else…
b. After a short chase, the angry villagers caught up with the murderer. Two burly young men jumped on the criminal and brought him to the ground.
Waving their sticks, the rest of the villagers closed in on the helpless man…. The sentence “you‟d better do it or else…” is not finish yet. The sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished. So the writer wants the readers to think about their own conclusion, the ending to be supplied by the imagination, giving an impression of unwillingness or inability to continue. This invites the other person to complete the sentence, either in their imagination or even speaking out loud. The completion of the sentence may also be rhetorical, where both speaker and audience know the answer and it needs not be said, for example when a person is being suggestive.
1973:209)”. This is often done to increase suspense or to leave the reader to form his own conclusion. Furthermore, the examples of aposiopesis according to Etherton are:
a. You‟d better do it or else…
b. After a short chase, the angry villagers caught up with the murderer. Two burly young men jumped on the criminal and brought him to the ground.
Waving their sticks, the rest of the villagers closed in on the helpless man…. The sentence “you‟d better do it or else…” is not finish yet. The sentence is deliberately broken off and left unfinished. So the writer wants the readers to think about their own conclusion, the ending to be supplied by the imagination, giving an impression of unwillingness or inability to continue. This invites the other person to complete the sentence, either in their imagination or even speaking out loud. The completion of the sentence may also be rhetorical, where both speaker and audience know the answer and it needs not be said, for example when a person is being suggestive.
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