Antithesis by Rachel Klotz

What does it mean?

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Antithesis (n): A rhetoric device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

Example #1

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You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart.

Example #2

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.” -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

In this video, a definition and examples work together to create a greater understanding for the rhetorical device "antithesis".

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Example #3

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"Give me liberty or give me death" -Patrick Henry

Cartoon Example

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