Antithesis and parallelism

Please select the antonym for the word or phrase below:

a disability or inability

Word Bank:

affable aggrandize amorphous archetype aura contraband erudite gossamer inscrutable insular irrevocable propensity querulous remonstrate repudiate resilient retrench reverberate scurrilous sedulous sleazy

Defination of Antithesis

• the intro to an writing piece

• 2 ideas in the same point

using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

• Hyperbole

• Diction

• Parallel Structure

• Personification

A character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character...

• foil

• protagonist

• antagonist

We are here to struggle, we are here to fight, we are here to win.

We are not here to give up, we are not here to back down, we are not here to lose!

• Alliteration

• Parallel Structure

• Analogy

• Anecdote

Tigers have a simple stomach that has a greater amount of acid, as opposed to the multi-chambered stomach found in cows.

• Comparison

• Contrast

Why would a writer use juxtaposition?

• To surprise the reader

• To create startling contrasts between two objects or ideas

• To control the pacing of a text

• To add a sense of musicality

Initially, the conversation was _________, and as they continued, it became increasingly _________.

• Silent... Noisy

• Awkward... Comfortable

• Short... Long

• Easy... Difficult

During the exam, Mary sucked the ends of her hair, chewed the top of her pencil, and all the while she was picking at a scab on her elbow, but she could not remember the third cause of the French Revolution.

• correct
• error in structure

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Antithesis

• Repetition