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Examples of Antithesis


Antithesis

Post by natttt
Posted on 2011-01-21 00:26:22
Rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences. Meaning Opposition; contrast

Examples of antithesis:
"action, not words"
"One small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind."
"To err is human, to forgive, divine."


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