by neufer » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:19 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_%28figure_of_speech%29 wrote:
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<<Apostrophe is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In dramatic works and poetry written in or translated into English, such a figure of speech is often introduced by the exclamation "
O" :
"
O happy dagger! This is thy sheath;
there rust, and let me die." - Romeo & Juliet
It is related to personification, although in apostrophe, objects or abstractions are implied to have certain human qualities (such as understanding) by the very fact that the speaker is addressing them as he would a person in his presence. This rhetorical device addresses things which are personified; absent people or gods.>>
Chris Peterson wrote:Beyond wrote:
This thread has
turned apostrophetic.
I'm I am entirely unapostrophetic for my role in that
turn!
Apostrophe, n. [Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé, "
turning away"]
1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost."
2. (Gram.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.
3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and
as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.
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<<Apostrophe is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In dramatic works and poetry written in or translated into English, such a figure of speech is often introduced by the exclamation "[b][i][color=#0000FF]O[/color][/i][/b]" :
"[b][i][color=#0000FF]O happy dagger! This is thy sheath;
there rust, and let me die.[/color][/i][/b]" - Romeo & Juliet
It is related to personification, although in apostrophe, objects or abstractions are implied to have certain human qualities (such as understanding) by the very fact that the speaker is addressing them as he would a person in his presence. This rhetorical device addresses things which are personified; absent people or gods.>>[/quote][quote="Chris Peterson"][quote="Beyond"]
This thread has [b][color=#FF00FF]turn[/color][/b]ed apostrophetic. :lol2:[/quote]
[s]I'm[/s] I am entirely unapostrophetic for my role in that [b][color=#FF00FF]turn[/color][/b]![/quote]
Apostrophe, n. [Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé, "[b][color=#FF00FF]turning away[/color][/b]"]
1. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost."
2. (Gram.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.
3. The mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and [color=#FF0000]as sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e[/color]. It is also employed to mark the close of a quotation.