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Aposiopesis or Break
(Break - in - the narrative)comes fromGreek word and means 
‘silence’. It is intentional abstention from continuing the utterance to the end, used mainly 
in the dialogue or in other forms of narrative imitating spontaneous oral speech. It reflects 
the emotional and the psychological state of the speaker. To mark the break mainly dashes 
and dots are used. Sudden intentional break in the narration has the function to reveal 
agitated state of the speaker. 
 
1.
 
“On the hall table there were a couple of letters addressed to her. One was the bill. The 
other...” 
2.
“
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before 
us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our 
arms farther.… And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, 
borne back ceaselessly into the past.
(Scott Fitzgerald) 

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Functions of aposiopesis. The purpose of using aposiopesis is to create dramatic or 
comic effects. The writers or speakers use it whenever they want to express ideas which 
are too overwhelming to finish. Several playwrights use this technique to make the 
dialogues seem sincere and realistic. But the most effective use of aposiopesis is seen when 
the readers successfully figure out the missing thoughts that the writer has left unfinished. 
 
Key words: 
Rhetorical questions, Inversion, Detached construction, Ellipsis, Repetition, Parallel
construction, Chiasmus, Enumeration,
Asyndeton, Polysyndeton, Aposiopesis 
Questions: 
1.
What syntactical structures of rhetorical questions do you know? 
2.
What is the function of inversion as a SD?
3.
What is detached construction?
4.
Give example to ellipsis. 
5.
What types of repetition do you know? Comment on them. 
6.
What is the difference between parallel construction and chiasmus?
7.
What is the role of enumeration in a literary work?
8.
What is asyndeton?
9.
What is polysyndeton?
10.
What effect does aposiopesis arise in a literary work?