noun

1. A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase used at the end of a sentence or clause is repeated near the beginning of the next sentence or clause.

"Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." (Romans 5:3-4)

noun

1. a switching in the syntactical order of words

noun

1. the use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect

noun

1. An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned
   
2. • I won't mention your bad grammar

noun (plural: aporiae)

1. a figure of speech in which the speaker pauses rhetorically to express uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed: How can I describe the beauty of the desert?.
   
2. An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning.
   
3. Any kind of logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

noun (aposiopeses)

1. (rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech.

• 1760: "My sister, mayhap, quoth my uncle Toby, does not choose to let a man come so near her
• " Make this dash,"""tis an Aposiopesis."Take the dash away, and write Backside,""tis Bawdy. " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 89)
  

• 1982: This somewhat abrupt ending (or ) is caused by a previous movement from the figure on the bed. (Fowles, Mantissa)

noun

1. (context, orthography) The text character ", which is used to mark the possessive ("s) or to show the omission of letters or numbers (tho", they"ll, "65).

verb (apostrophizes, apostrophizing, apostrophized)

1. To use the apostrophe figure of speech in writing or speech

He would apostrophize execessively which made his writing tiresome.

1. To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.
2. Turning away from.

:: (c1850): You little thought," said Mr. Pumblechook, apostrophizing the fowl in the dish, "when you was a young fledgling, what was in store for you. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens.
:: Also used by Thomas Hardy, Charlotte Bronte.