Antanagoge
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An antanagoge (Greek ἀνταναγωγή, a leading or bringing up), is a figure in rhetoric, in which, not being able to answer the accusation of an adversary, a person instead makes a counter-allegation or counteracting an opponent's proposal with an opposing proposition in one's speech or writing.[1]
Antanagoge places a negative point next to and/or between a positive point, attempting to redirect attention away from the negative point.
It may also refer to placing a positive outlook on a situation that has a negative connotation, such as in the following examples:[2]
Literary examples
- "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
- "I got in a car accident, but I was planning on getting a new car anyway."
- "Many are the pains and perils to be passed,
- But great is the gain and glory at the last."
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Antanagoge Dictionary Definition". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- ^ Examples of word usage