In this post I'd like to write about Litotes - Antithesis - Rhetorical questions.
Litotes – a two-component structure, in which two negations are joined to give a positive evaluation.
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For example:
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"She is not as young as she was." |
"She's old." |
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"He's no oil painting." |
"He's ugly." |
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"Not unlike..." |
"Like..." |
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"You are not wrong." |
"You are correct." |
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Rhetorical questions – a statement reshaped into a question. There is no need to answer on it.
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For example:
- "Who let the dogs out?"
- "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
- "Are you stupid?"
- "Can you do anything right?"
- "Is the sky blue?"
- "Yeah, why not?"
- "What the hell?
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Antithesis - two points of sharp contrast set one against the other, generally in parallel constructions.
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For example:
Man proposes, God disposes.
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Rude words bring about sadness, but kind words inspire joy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antithesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question