Antithesis/Oxymoron/Juxtaposition

Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")

• Allusion
• Rhetorical Question
• Loaded language
• Antithesis

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which is an example of antithesis?

• "All the world is a stage, and all men and women merely players."

• "Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant but once."

• "Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing."

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.

• Antithesis

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

“All is fair in love and war.”

• Antithesis

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

In the movie Up, Carl Fredricksen is a cranky old man while Russell is a young energetic kid.

• Antithesis

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

No pain no gain.

• Antithesis

• Juxaposition

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following

• A butler works in a huge mansion, wearing a tuxedo, but returns to a small, rundown apartment.

• Juxtaposition

• That information is old news.

• Antithesis

• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line

• Antithesis

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What example of figurative language is present in this quote from Romeo and Juliet?

"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow/That I shall say good night till it be morrow" (2.2.188-189).

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Antithesis

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the oxymoron from this song:

'Cause all of me

Loves all of you

Love your curves and all your edges

All your perfect imperfections

Give your all to me

I'll give my all to you

You're my end and my beginning

Even when I lose I'm winning

• All of me loves all of you.

• All your perfect imperfections.

• You're my end and my beginning.

• I'll give my all to you.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A