Antithesis and Parallelism

What is antithesis?

• Repetition of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel structure.

• Contrasting ideas or words in a balanced or parallel structure.

• Similar ideas or words in a balanced or parallel structure.

• Contrasting ideas or words in an unbalanced or non-parallel structure.

What is parallelism?

• Parallelism is a literary device that uses similar grammatical structures or patterns to create balance and rhythm in a sentence or paragraph.

• Parallelism is a term used in music to describe two or more melodic lines that move together in the same direction.

• Parallelism is a mathematical concept that involves lines or planes that never intersect.

• Parallelism is a type of computer architecture that allows multiple processors to work together to solve a problem.

Which of the following examples demonstrates antithesis?

• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

• The cat is black and the dog is white.

• She is tall and he is short.

• It was a sunny day.

What is the purpose of using antithesis in writing?

• To create a contrast between two opposing ideas or concepts

• To confuse the reader with contradictory statements.

• To create a harmonious blend of ideas or concepts.

• To emphasize similarities between two ideas or concepts.

What is the purpose of using parallelism in writing?

• To create a sense of disorganization in the writing.

• To add complexity and confusion to the writing.

• To create balance and rhythm in sentences or paragraphs.

• To make the writing more difficult to understand.

True or False: Antithesis and parallelism are only used in poetry.

• False

• True and False

• Neither true nor false

• True

What is a logical fallacy?

• An argument with a premise and a conclusion

• An argument that contains a mistake in reasoning

• An argument that contains a non-statement

• All of the above

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one, and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

• Appeal to False Authority

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• None

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.

• 
  Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

• None

An ad hominem attack

• is a very effective debate strategy

• goes after a person's argument.

• is always against a popular idea.

• is an attack on the person, not the argument