Syntactical stylistic devices with missing elements

Aposiopesis stopping abruptly and leaving a statement unfinished.

Aposiopesis “a stopping short for rhetorical effect” (I.R.Galperin). Used mainly in the dialogue or in the other forms of narrative imitating spontaneous oral speech because the speaker’s emotions prevent him from finishing the sentence (V.A.Kucharenko). e.g. You just come home or I’ll...; e.g. Good intentions, but...

Ellipsis. The omission of a word or a part of a sentence that follows logically. Typical of oral speech.

Ellipsis a deliberate omission of at least one member of the sentence. e.g. What! all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop? (W.Shakespeare); e.g. In manner, close and dry. In voice, husky and low. In face, watchful behind a blind. (Dickens); e.g. His forehead was narrow, his face wide, his head large, and his nose all one side. (Dickens).

Apokoinu is the omission of coordinative or subordinative words. Typical of spontaneous or illiterate speech.

apo-koinu constructions (Greek "with a common element"). e.g. There was a door led into the kitchen. (Sh. Anderson); e.g. He was the man killed that deer. (R. Warren); e.g. There was no breeze came through the door. (E.Hemingway); e.g. I bring him news will raise his dropping spirits. (O. Jespersen)

Syntactical stylistic devices with redundant elements

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