Hypozeuxis (hyp-o-zook’-sis): Opposite of zeugma. Every clause has its own verb.
Last night the sweaty Indiana campaign crowd cheered, the winning candidate smiled and waved, and Lugar’s legacy was demolished, flattened, paved over. And today, on that great flat expanse, the fleet of shiny new 2013 Conservative Avengers (made in USA) is lined up in a row in accord with the giant red, white, and blue sign at the entrance:
Park to the Far Right or Be Towed
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Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
