Hypozeuxis
[hahy-puh-zook-sis] /ˌhaɪ pəˈzuk sɪs/
noun, Rhetoric.
1.
the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
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