Tuesday, April 29, 2008

This figure is so poignant, it just--

The figure for the last post was Aposiopesis, breaking off as though unable or unwilling to continue:

When it's full, you move on to the next prairie or wood, and you plow and dig and trash--

For the mnemonic image, picture yourself holding a giant sledge hammer dashing the end of a large-print sentence to smithereens. Directly in front of you, a giant apple with a face stares at the flying pieces in astonishment. The verb "dashing" reminds you that this figure often uses a dash at the end, but the key phrase is: "Apple see yo' pieces."

I'm trying to give up coffee, OK? It's the best I can do.

1 comment:

The Vitruvian Duck said...

Oh boy. That would have been a stretch FOR ME.