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What is antanagoge?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 4/28/2022

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Antanagoge: placing a good point or benefit next to a fault criticism or problem in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point

EX: True, he always forgets my birthday, but he buys me presents all year round.

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Rhetorical Devices in WritingAnaphora - repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases - "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" (Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare)Antanagoge - places a criticism and compliment together to lessen the impact - The car is not pretty but it runs great.Antiphrasis - uses a word with an opposite meaning - The Chihuahua was named Goliath.Epanalepsis - repeats something from the beginning of a sentence at the end - My ears heard what you said but I couldn't believe my ears.Oxymoron - a two word paradox - near miss, seriously funny


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