Today, the use of ellipses is extremely popular in modern communications. In texting and emails, ellipses are used to denote pauses in one’sspeech. For example, “Oh…I’m not sure about that.” This can make one’s written words read more as the spoken words would sound. Ellipses can...
Ellipsis isthe narrative device of omitting a portion of the sequence of events, allowing the reader to fill in the narrative gaps. Aside from its literary use, the ellipsis has a counterpart in film production. It is there to suggest an action by simply showing what happens before and after...
The Bard was particularly keen on this literary device, using it to a very great extent during many of his tragedies and often confounding modern readers due to his early modern English stylings in conjunction with missing words. Use of the ellipsis and elliptical construction are very widespread...