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# Antithesis-Ellipsis-Rhetorical question-Litotes

> Antithesis (ænˈtɪθɪsɪs)- a rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced ph...

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

![Antithesis-Ellipsis-Rhetorical question-Litotes](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljpaa9xwlO1qbolbn.jpg)

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"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 eyesHard on the heart."(Terri Clark)

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**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.

![Antithesis-Ellipsis-Rhetorical question-Litotes](http://typophile.com/files/ellipsis_3504.png)

"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.

![Antithesis-Ellipsis-Rhetorical question-Litotes](http://budapestangoltanar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/rhetorical_questions.png)

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.

![Antithesis-Ellipsis-Rhetorical question-Litotes](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pDbHxU8U8sg/TAWeomkRJJI/AAAAAAAABLQ/ITVf8SqZ41Q/litotes.jpg)

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[http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/antithesis.htm](http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/antithesis.htm)

[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ellipsis](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ellipsis)

[http://www.writeexpress.com/ellipses.html](http://www.writeexpress.com/ellipses.html)

[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Examples_of_rhetorical_questions](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Examples_of_rhetorical_questions)

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