Syntactical Expressive Means: Ellipsis, One-member sentences, Aposiopesis, Asyndeton, Apakoinou

Ellipsis
Ellipsis - is a syntactical device in which one or both main parts of the sentence are omitted.
Examples:
Nothing so difficult as a beginning.

Ellipsis
makes the speech abrupt, energetic, careless and familiar
is used in military commands, in reference books

One-member Sentences
One-member sentences – are sentences with one syntactical centre usually expressed by the substantive.
Examples:
The night of departure.
The platform clock.
Two minutes before nine.

One-member Sentences
mark off the beginning of a chapter or a novel
may create a cinematographic effect
add to laconic, dynamic
character of the narration
convey emotional coloring

Aposiopesis
Aposiopesis – is a sudden break in the narration for certain stylistic purposes.
Examples:
If the police come… find me here…
You just come home, or I’ll….

Aposiopesis
The sentence with aposiopesis
is left unfinished, incomplete both logically and syntactically
suggests either strong emotions or a certain reluctance to convey the thought completely
shows somebody’s uncertainty, hesitation, sometimes tension

Asyndeton
Asyndeton – is the connection of sentences, phrases, words without any conjunctions.
Example:
He was distressed, impatient, angry.

Asyndeton
makes each phrase independent and significant
shows that the enumeration is not complete
creates energetic and
dynamic rhythm

Apakoinou
Apakoinou – is the blending of two sentences through a word which has two syntactical functions, one for each of the blended sentences.
Examples:
It was he told me about it.
Here is a gentleman wants to see you.
There was a monkey climbed a tree…

Apakoinou
used mostly in dialogues and characterizes somebody’s speech, as hurried or slovenly or not quite educated speech
occurs in literature as an archaic element and may create elevation
The main stylistic function is to emphasize irregular, careless or uneducated speech of personages