Weigh Things Side by Side
Dilemmas, comparisons and contrasts.
The first person on record to say "There are two sides to everything" was Protagoras, a great Greek Sophist ("Wise One"). We don’t entirely agree.
a fortiori (ah-for-tee-AR-ee)
The Mikey-likes it! argument. If something less likely is true, then something more likely is bound to be true.
alloiosis (al-oy-OH-sis)
The this-isn’t-that figure.
analogy (an-AL-oh-gee)
The figure of parallel cases.
antapodosis (an-tah-POE-doe-sis
A multiple simile. It compares two things that match in more than one way.
antisagoge (an-tis-ah-GO-gee)
The balanced argument.
antithesis (ann-TIH-the-sis)
The figure of contrasting ideas.
Also see this.
ceratin (se-RAT-in)
The horns of a dilemma.
chiasmus (kee-AZZ-muss)
The criss-cross figure.
Also see this.
dialysis (die-AL-ih-sis)
The either/or figure.
dilemma
The damned-if-you-do-or-don’t figure.
enantiosis (en-an-tie-OH-sis)
The paradoxical contrast.
Also see this.
eutrepismus (eu-tra-PIS-mus)
The enumerating figure.
isocolon (i-so-CO-lon)
The figure of similar clauses.
paromoiosis (pa-ro-moi-OH-sis)
Similar-sounding clauses laid side by side.
syncrisis (SIN-crih-sis)
The not-that-but-this figure.
Also see this.