Grade 11 · Reading & language
Explain the effect of balanced contrasts
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“We came to understand the problem, not to defeat one another.”
What distinction does the balanced contrast make?
- The speaker is defining a scientific unit.
- Every argument has an identical solution.
- Winning an argument differs from understanding a problem.
- Understanding makes discussion impossible.
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Winning an argument differs from understanding a problem.
The parallel goals challenge treating victory in debate as the purpose of inquiry.
A little hint: Antithesis places contrasting ideas in a balanced structure; identify both the contrast and its contribution.
Antithesis places contrasting ideas in a balanced structure; identify both the contrast and its contribution.
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