Ellipsis (el-lip’-sis): Omission of a word or short phrase easily understood in context.
I woke up in a used crib at the Salvation Army Family Thrift Store. All tucked in. 66 years old. Cold. For sale. I started crying. She called me “Ootsie Wootsie” and hit me with a lamp.
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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