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Polysyndeton vs Parataxis - What's the difference?

polysyndeton | parataxis |

As nouns the difference between polysyndeton and parataxis

is that polysyndeton is the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence while parataxis is speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".

polysyndeton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

    • Antonyms

    * asyndeton

    parataxis

    English

    (wikipedia parataxis)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
  • (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
  • (historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.

    • Antonyms

    * (grammar) hypotaxis

    Derived terms

    * paratactic * paratactical * paratactically * para-hypotaxis

    See also

    * asyndeton * hypotaxis * syntaxis