Juxtaposition, Antithesis, and Oxymoron as taught by: Simeon Black

Juxtaposition, Antithesis, and Oxymoron as taught by:
Simeon Black
Schemes and Tropes
  Scheme-Set
way to interpret a phrase or
sentence
  Trope-Subjective interpretation to a
phrase or sentence
Juxtaposition
  Placing
two or more things side by side
with the intent of comparing or
contrasting them
  Ex. Kobe Bryant and LeBron James,
servants and nobles, etc.
  Scheme
Antithesis
  Direct
opposite of someone or
something else
  Ex. "We must learn to live together as
brothers or perish together as fools."
(Martin Luther King, Jr., speech at St.
Louis, 1964)
  Scheme
Oxymoron
  Contradictory
phrase
  Ex. Jumbo shrimp, all alone, Icy Hot,
happy Monday, etc.
  Trope
Were You Listening?????
  School
and work
  Freezer burn
  We can live in peace or die in strife