An antithesis is a figure of speech in which contrasting or opposing ideas are expressed using parallel structure.

Antithesis

Instructions

Respond to the prompt and follow these directions carefully.

Discussion Posts have three goals:

1) To have students critically engage central ideas emerging from the course curriculum

2) To provide a brief format whereby students can develop critical writing skills

3) To encourage dialogue with classmates through sharing ideas and reflections from the readings

1. Discussions should be titled “Discussion : your name”
2. Discussions should be marked as “Individual to all students”
3. Discussions should be spell checked and proofed for readability and grammar.
4. Discussions should be 250-300 words max (please count the words and list the total under your response)
5. Discussions should properly cite readings and sources using MLA format. A bibliography is not needed for each discussion entry but if you are citing a source it should citing using MLA parenthetical citations. Details on MLA format can be found here:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
6. Discussions are responses to a weekly question posed by the instructor. The Discussion entry should demonstrate your understanding of the applicable readings and/or provide a thoughtful personal reflection on the material. The Discussion entry should have a thesis that guides the entry.
7. Discussion should directly answer the question posed, utilizing applicable readings from the course to strengthen the argument/thesis.
8. Discussion can contain personal reflection and experience from the first person perspective. Depending on the question posed it may be necessary to write from your personal experience. The Discussion entry is designed to encourage this form of writing yet the entry should be grounded in the course content from lecture/discussion, readings, films, and other visual aids brought into the course by the instructor.
9. I will break students up into new groups of three every week. Students will respond to the discussion posts of the two students in their group via the “reply” section of each student’s Discussion entry. The comments for your group will be due every Thursday before class (9:30).

Comments do not need to be uploaded to the Discussion (individual) when submitting the Discussion entry. The details on the due dates for the Discussion post and comments will be provided in the Canvas “Assignment” portal weekly.

Comments should be no more than three to four sentences and should do the following:

1) Provide an affirmation

2) Provide a follow-up question

3) Share how your own answer differed

4) Comments should be brief, thoughtful, considerate, and supportive

Each Discussion entry is worth 4 points. Students will be graded in their discussion post using the following breakdown:

2 points for a thesis and direct answer to the question posed

1 point for good incorporation of the readings/course content into your post 1 points for style (proper citation, grammar, spelling, readability)

1 point for comments back to group member’s

4 Points

An antithesis is a figure of speech in which contrasting or opposing ideas are expressed using parallel structure. A famous example of antithesis is “Not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more” from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. Identify examples of antithesis in “I Will Remain.” How does Baca’s use of antithesis support the poem’s theme?

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Antithesis

Antithesis in poetry involves two ideas, phrases or terms whose meaning are opposing or contrasting. The use of antithesis focuses on drawing the attention of the readers as well as listeners (“Antithesis Examples And Definition – Literary Devices”, 1). Baca wrote, “I will get the strength that I require from me, not from the fields or new friends. With my old friends battling’’, the antithesis in these lines are old and new. In this sentence “on this death and violence island, I must search and find love and peace within myself’’, the examples of antithesis…………

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