Antithesis

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An antithesis is a term for a figure of speech.[1] It is an idea that is the opposite of another idea.

Often the antithesis is used to make a point clear about the original idea.

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  1. ↑ "Antithesis" at Rhetoric.byu.edu; retrieved 2012-1-14.


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