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# Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions

> In this post I'd like to write about Litotes - Antithesis - Rhetorical questions. Litotes – a two-...

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.

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/uBjYg0kX1BHcAj14c0X6Ur1jt9pXS0.jpg)

**For example:**

"She is not as young as she was."

"She's old."

"He's no oil painting."

"He's ugly."

"Not unlike..."

"Like..."

"You are not wrong."

"You are correct."

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/s3G7ySqAz4oO20R8O0oj13o4RK2P16.jpg)

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/0Hg3QQVjDOA3ogCdyFWlX88a1LK3G7.jpg)

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](http://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/bQZDGAxVa8iVsW8GpqBOFsQ964u76r.gif)

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**Rhetorical questions **– a statement reshaped into a question. There is no need to answer on it.

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/W9hDMY65GN8DkkMybDim6FvPlYj685.jpg)

**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?

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](http://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/zmmR437nBKEBrt7M584lH9OoHyLg2n.png)

**Antithesis - **two points of sharp contrast set one against the other, generally in parallel constructions.

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/ROihiM4esls4TEOehjLTUUJHm67vP0.jpg)

**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.

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/u2VjnkoTRPUH28gc97kIM3fE3gO02f.jpg)

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/PtrTAVITi6xensuPrLpSC6wxjtS4c2.jpg)

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/Mr64w1b5NA012XiY42X09NbNbkRN9w.jpg)

![Litotes — Antithesis — Rhetorical questions](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/yuliyaz92/XmmKtXEoHE93dl4DjTmv7726sfyPDt.jpg)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antithesis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antithesis)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes)

[http://fos.iloveindia.com/rhetorical-question-examples.html](http://fos.iloveindia.com/rhetorical-question-examples.html)

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/litotes-antithesis-rhetorical-questions-344817](https://yvision.kz/post/litotes-antithesis-rhetorical-questions-344817)