characters speak. The elliptical sentences convoy/render carelessness, familiarity, harshness. It makes the utterance tens and emotional or helps to stress most important elements. NT: I went to Oxford, as one goes to exile; she to London. APOSIOPESIS (Greek - silence) it is called break-in-the-narrative. APOSIOPESIS is an unfinished sentence where the speaker or writer suddenly stops in the middle, as if unable or unwilling to proceed. A indicates strong emotions, paralyzing the speaker or his desire to conceal part of information. NT: she must leave or better yet drown herself make away with herself at some way or The speaker's strong emotions therefore inability to finish. NT: And it was so unlikely that she had stolen his wallet that... well. NOMINATIVE SENTENCES NOMINATIVE SENTENCES are just a noun-sentence, containing a noun or a nominal-noun-phrase sentence. NOMINATIVE SENTENCES strengthen the dynamic nature of the narrative. NT: London. Parks
Ellipsis in the dialogue contributes to the colloquial tone. In the author's narrative it makes the utterance tense, emotional; or helps to stress the most important elements. 2. Aposiopesis (from Gr. "silence") it is break-in-the-narrative an unfinished sentence in which the speaker suddenly breaks off in the middle as if unable or unwilling to proceed. It suggests strong emotions paralyzing the speaker or his deliberate stop to conceal the meaning. 3. Nominative sentence it is the sentence containing a noun or a noun phrase. Such sentences evoke an isolated idea of an object without any relations with other objects. Such sentences appeal to the reader's imagination, it is a kind of kaleidoscope (e.g. "London. Parks. Streets. Noisy traffic."). Such sentences strengthen the dynamic nature of the narrative. 4
In the author's narrative it makes the utterance tense, emotional; or helps to stress the most important elements (e.g. "I went to Oxford as one goes into exhale; she to London." predicate is dropped). 2. Aposiopesis (from Gr. "silence") it is break-in-the-narrative an unfinished sentence in which the speaker suddenly breaks off in the middle as if unable or unwilling to proceed. It suggests strong emotions paralyzing the speaker or his deliberate stop to conceal the meaning (e.g. "She must leave or or, better yet may be drown herself make a way with herself in someway or or." sentence is interrupted, the final dash marks the sentence is unfinished, the speaker is too emotional; "And it was so unlikely that anyone would trouble to look there until well." the speaker is unwilling to go on, to specify.). 3
pen in a particular area. For example, what would you do if you lost your job today? The idea of losing one’s job is a major fear for most people, affecting 37 percent of the working population according to one study. I re- ceived a letter recently from a gentleman who told me that his fear of losing his job, which he recognized was completely irrational, was so great that it was paralyzing him. It was actually holding him back from doing the kind of work that he had to do in order to keep his job. His fear and his lack of alternatives were actually increasing the likelihood that he would be laid off. ■ YOUR NEW JOB Sometimes I ask people in my audiences, “What is your next job go- ing to be?” For most people this question comes as a surprise. They