Antithesis examples
Opposite
ANTI
Opposite + Idea
ANTI + THESIS
Simple statements in the speech
Antitheses are normally better than...
Memorable for the reader
Contrasting ideas are...
Contrast between two ideas that are used as a figure of speech, adding meaning to surrounding words
Def of Antithesis
The Evil Witch
Snow White is contrasted to...
Idea
THESIS
Beauty and the Beast
What Disney movie is based on antithesis?
Parallel structure with juxtaposition
What format do antitheses use?
Contrast: Looking forward/backward
What is being contrasted in "Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."?
Contrast: Never dropped in/out
What is being contrasted in "If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in..."?
Contrast: Heaviness/Lightness of being successful/a beginner
What is being contrasted in "The heaviness of being successful was replaced with the lightness of being a beginner again..."?
Good vs. Evil
What is the main antithesis in Snow White?
Macbeth
Where is this found?: "Fair is foul and foul is fair."
John F. Kennedy Jr.
Who said "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."?
Samuel Johnson
Who said "Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."?
Aristotle
Who said "Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit."?
Neil Armstrong
Who said "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who said "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."?
Barack Obama
Who said "We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."?
