GUIDE TO

CONTRASTING
DEVICES
Contrast | Antithesis | Paradox | Oxymoron

CONTRAST

When two opposite ideas

are examined together

"I love double chocolate ice-cream,

but I hate how unhealthy it is."

ANTITHESIS

When two opposite ideas are

expressed in a parallel structure

"A double chocolate ice-cream is

nutritionally poor, but spiritually rich."

PARADOX

When two contradictory

ideas
are examined together
"This double chocolate ice-cream is
so good it's evil."

OXYMORON
When two contradictory
ideas are expressed in a
phrase

"This double chocolate ice-

cream is wonderfully evil."

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