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Antithesis-Ellipsis-Rhetorical question-Litotes

Antithesis (ænˈtɪθɪsɪs)- a rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.


"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing."
(Goethe)

"Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Sara Lee."
(advertising slogan)

"You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart."
(Terri Clark)

Ellipsis (ɪˈlɪpsɪs) - the omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words that would complete orclarify the construction, as the omission of who are, while I am, or while we are from I like tointerview people sitting down.

"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."
(William Hazlitt)

"May be", the autor had written, "the best course of action ... is doing nothing at all."

You know, after talking it over, I still can't decide ... , but I hope to make a decision soon.

 


Rhetorical question - a question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.

Examples:

How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man...

Aren't you ashamed of yourself...

What business is it of yours? ..

Litotes - deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite.

 

http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/antithesis.htm

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ellipsis

http://www.writeexpress.com/ellipses.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Examples_of_rhetorical_questions

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