Editing Parataxis (section)

== Description ==
Parataxis can most simply be described as and compared to the way children speak. They speak their ideas as they come to them, one after the other, without logically connecting the ideas together.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|title=Introduction to mythology: Contemporary approaches to classical and world myths|last=Thury |first=Eva M.|year = 2017|isbn=9780190262983|oclc=946109909}}</ref> Parataxis may use commas, semi-colons, and periods to force juxtaposition, but it can also replace these punctuation marks with "and" to seamlessly string the speech or written piece together and present the words as each being equally important. Works utilizing parataxis as a style may emit a staccato rhythm. This can result in phrases with words that don't seem to go together at all.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|url=https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/08/07/parataxis-and-hypotaxis/|title=There's Parataxis, and Then There's Hypotaxis|last=Hale|first=Constance|date=7 August 2013|website=The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs: Lingua Franca|language=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318060303/https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2013/08/07/parataxis-and-hypotaxis/ |archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> An example of this is Julius Caesar's phrase "[[Veni, vidi, vici]]" or, "I came, I saw, I conquered".

Parataxis can also be a pile of fast-moving ideas with a lack of or insistent rhythm. An example of this form of parataxis comes from the Bible. It says, "And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light."<ref name=":2" />