Identify and construct ANTITHESIS (introduced) — contrasting ideas in parallel structure (CCSS L.6.3.a; RI.6.6)

Identify antithesis in mentor texts (Kennedy 'Ask not what your country...'; King 'not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character'; Lincoln 'little note nor long remember... never forget'). Construct antithesis in own argument and conclusion. Recognize antithesis = parallelism + contrast.

Mastery threshold

80%

Min instances

Typical minutes

Spaced intervals (days)

1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60

Prereqs

Identify and construct PARALLELISM — matching grammatical structure across phrases or clauses (CCSS L.6.1.e applied; CCSS L.6.3.a)

Successors

eng.g7.f.rh.chiasmus_and_advanced_balance
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Common misconceptions

Confuses antithesis with simple opposition (a contrast without parallel structure is just contrast).
Builds two contrasting ideas in MISMATCHED grammatical structures (parallelism is essential).

Exercise pool (3)

Diff	Stem	Type
3	Construct 2 antitheses on your fall/spring topic. For each: ensure (a) parallel grammatical structure and (b) clear contrast.	construct antithesis
3	In Morrison's Nobel Lecture paragraph 12, find the antithesis. Identify the parallel structure and the contrast. Explain the rhetorical effect.	identify antithesis in mentor
4	Construct an antithesis for your argument's CONCLUSION as the closing line. Parallel structure + clear contrast + audience-aware.	construct argument conclusion antithesis