Explore: Apostrophe (rhetoric)

An apostrophe is an exclamatory figure of speech. It occurs when a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech

convey unwillingness or inability to complete a thought or statement. Apostrophe – a figure of speech consisting of a sudden turn in a text towards an

The Rhetorica ad Herennium (Rhetoric for Herennius) is the oldest surviving Latin book on rhetoric, dating from the late 80s BC. It was formerly attributed

in common with several other literary devices including soliloquies, apostrophes, and asides. There are, however, distinctions between each of these devices

replace the -e with an apostrophe, as was common in poetry of previous centuries, (e.g. "pwned" becomes "pwn'd"). Sometimes, the apostrophe is removed as well

of history at Swarthmore College from 1871 to 1880 and a professor of rhetoric and elocution at the University of Minnesota from 1880 to 1909. Maria Sanford

capitalised on the second letter, i.e. ⟨mb⟩ becomes ⟨mB⟩). Contents:  Apostrophe A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other letters See

idea by denying its (invocation), also known as occupatio or paralipsis. Apostrophe: when an actor or speaker addresses an absent third party, often a personified

the most famous, and often-quoted, passage in the Confessions is the apostrophe to opium in the final paragraph of The Pleasures: Oh! just, subtle, and

not include the apostrophe. Only when consciously referring to Jarry's science itself should the word 'pataphysics carry the apostrophe. The term pataphysics