Practicing Language Using Antithesis

Single antithesis One antonym on each side of the seeaw Pairwork: Step 1: write down a pair of antonyms. Step 2: make a sentence using this pair of antonyms. Single antithesis

Examples of Single Antithesis Quotes: Give me liberty ---- or give me death. ---- patrick Henry Actions！ Not Words! ---- Def leppard From American Students: You can’t be happy, if you make others sad. Talking a lot may express so little.

Double Antithesis To err is human, to forgive, divine. err vs. forgive human vs. divine Double Antithesis

Practice double antithesis Make a list of antonyms (at least 8 pairs) Then pick two pairs from the list, and make a sentence in the same pattern. Life vs. death … love vs. hate… … question vs. answer… With life comes questions, with death comes the final answer.

Examples of double antithesis That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. （Neil Armstrong） If a free society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who a rich. (John Kennedy) There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today. Man proposes, god disposes. Burning is the hot sun; frigid is the cold snow. The first time we quarreled was the last time we spoke. Love cleans a bad man’s heart, but hatred stains a good man’s soul.

AB-BA antithesis Let’s never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. It is better to fear life than to live a life of fear. It is fun to learn what you learn for fun. You must control your emotions or your emotions will control you. Group word: make your own AB-BA sentence.