Hypozeuxis

{{Short description|Rhetorical term}}

Hypozeuxis is a rhetorical term for an expression or sentence where every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.{{cite book |author=Matthew of Vendôme |translator=Aubrey E. Galyon |year=1980 |title=The art of versification |publisher=Iowa State University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/artofversificati0000matt/page/29 29] |isbn=0813813700 |url=https://archive.org/details/artofversificati0000matt/page/29 }}

If the same words are repeated in each clause, it is also an example of anaphora.

The opposite of hypozeuxis is hyperzeuxis,{{what|reason=It needs its own definition. I can't understand what it is. Opposite? This means words are omitted?|date=July 2022}} which may also be a form of zeugma or syllepsis.

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Category:Rhetorical techniques

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