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Antithesis is a figure of speech that refers to the positioning of opposing or contrasting ideas/words by means of parallelism- that is, a similar word-order and structure.
Example:
- She could be as white as sunlight or as black as midnight.
- One small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind.
- They promised freedom and provided slavery.
Antithesis from the poem "Fire and Ice":
Some say the world will end in fire / Some say in ice.
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