ANTITHESIS

WHAT IS IT?

• two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve contrast
• The word derives from the Greek word 'antitithenai' meaning "to oppose"

FAMOUS EXAMPLE

EXAMPLES

• “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
• “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
• “The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”
• Can you give me an example? I have candy!

SO WHAT??

• authors use antithesis to create contrast
• it grabs the reader's attention