anacoluthon

An anacoluthon is a rhetorical device when the grammar of a sentence is interrupted to make a point.  For example, someone might remark, “I’m not saying that it’s easy – no, it’s incredibly difficult.”  Note the abrupt change that takes place in the middle of that remark.  Someone might say, “If you think you can – well, you might be wrong.”  Again, notice how the normal sentence flow is interrupted.

See Bullinger (p720).

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