Antithesis

• English
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)
• GCSE

Introduction

An interactive lesson on antithesis.....explore sentence level opposite constructions with your learners in a fun way.

 English Terminology: Metaphor and Simile

English Terminology:

Antithesis 

Learning goals

• To understand antithesis
• To practise using metaphors
   and similes in your own writing
• To be able to explain the literary effects
   of examples of antithesis

Starter - Opposites Game

• The concept of 'binary opposites' will be familiar to you.
• Words like 'fire' and 'ice', 
• 'rough' and 'smooth', 
• 'happy' and 'sad'.......
• We are going to take this to a new level.....

Starter - Opposites Game

• The class will be split in two
• Your task is fire opposite words
   at each other! 
• Use the mind map to respond to
   each side's words. So if one side
   entered 'hot' the other side
   types in 'cold'.

When the time is up....

• Pair up the binary opposites.
• Choose at least three pairs and write a full sentence that includes the opposite words. 
• Be prepared to submit them on the next slide.

Type in your words!

Type in your words!

Write your sentences here. They must include the binary opposites.

Write your sentences here.

They must include the binary opposites.

• The s

Antithesis

The sentences you have written are examples of antithesis.

Antithesis is the use of opposites within sentences to enhance meaning.

"One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"

BONUS QUESTION

Can you see (and explain) the other example of antithesis here?

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". This is from the opening to Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. The novel is set during the French revolution. How do you think this an effective use of antithesis?

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". 

This is from the opening to Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. 

The novel is set during the French revolution.

How do you think this an effective use of antithesis? 

John Milton's Paradise Lost is a Christian epic poem that
concerns Lucifer's fall from Heaven. Milton uses antithesis:
“better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n".
Explain in your own words why this example of antithesis is effective.

John Milton's Paradise Lost is a Christian epic poem that

concerns Lucifer's fall from Heaven. Milton uses antithesis: 

“better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n". 

Explain in your own words why this example of antithesis is effective.

From the poem The Sweet-Sour Experiences of Life by Chitrangada Sharan: "I value the light, because I have experienced the darkness/
I value the joys, because I have experienced the sorrows" (lines 1-2)
Explain in your own words why this example of antithesis is effective.

 From the poem The Sweet-Sour Experiences of Life by Chitrangada Sharan: "I value the light, because I have experienced the darkness/

I value the joys, because I have experienced the sorrows" (lines 1-2)

Explain in your own words why this example of antithesis is effective.

Write down something new you've learned today.

Write down something

new you've learned today.

Write down something you feel
you want to know more about.

Write down something you feel

you want to know more about.

How confident are you in your understanding of antithesis?

How confident are you in your understanding of similes and metaphors?

How confident are you in

your understanding of antithesis?

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