Ellipsis

Posted on December 2, 2007 | Leave a comment

Ellipsis (el-lip’-sis): Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context.

I gave a book to my daughter and my daughter, a book to me!

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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)

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