Antithesis

Antithesis

By Nakiya Beaman

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Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")

• Allusion
• Rhetorical Question
• Loaded language
• Antithesis

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the placing of opposing or contrasting ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity. 

• antithesis
• asyndeton
• diction
• polysyndeton

Parallel Structure Definition

Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence.

By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction.

For example, using the same preposition, pronouns, verbs within the sentence. 

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In war the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.

• Diction
• Parallelism
• Antithesis

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Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)

• Antithesis
• Parallelism
• Diction
  Rhetorical question

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"He walked to the store; he walked to the library; he walked to the apartment"

• parallelism
• antithesis
• diction
• polysyndeton

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a set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses

• diction
• parallelism
• antithesis
• asyndeton

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This quote is and example of . . .

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Repetition

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The following is an example of

• Antithesis

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Rhetorical Question

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This quote is and example of . . .

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Repetition

Multiple Choice

The following is an example of what Rhetorical Device?



• Antithesis

• Rhetorical Question

• Parallelsim

• Allusion

Examples of Parallelism:

• Ashley likes to ski, to swim and to jump.

• The following activities can be done at the mall: buying groceries, eating lunch and paying bills.

• The teacher told them that they need to study and that they should practice their words every night.

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"Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will"

This is an example of:

• Antithesis

• Anecdote

• Imagery

• Metaphor

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"Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will"

This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

• Ethos

• Imagery

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The literal definition of antithesis is

• back words

• connotation

• opposites

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Which is an example of antithesis?

• "All the world is a stage, and all men and women merely players."

• "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant but once."

• "Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing."

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction. 

• Phuong Tran has wit, charm, and she has an extremely pleasant personality.
• Phuong Tran has wit, charm, and a pleasing personality.

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that illustrates the use of proper parallel construction.

• He wanted three things out of college: to learn a skill, to make good friends, and to learn about life.

• He wanted three things out of college: to learn a skill, to make good friends, and learning about life.

Multiple Choice

The customer service representative was asked to deal with customers kindly, professionally, and in a helpful manner.

• NO CHANGE

• kindly, professionally, and helpfully.

• kindly, to be professional, and helpful.

• customers kindly, to be professional, and to be helpful.