Opposites fascinate the eyes! Yellow and purple. Big and small. Black and white. Shiny and matt. The swastika was a brilliant piece of publicity: the contrast of black and white drew everybody's eyes. It was so powerful, it had to be benned in Germany.
So let's use opposites in our writings!
Shakespeare: “To be or not to be.”Mr David Cameron: “Vote Blue get Green.” (Remember?)
Oscar Wilde: “The only way to overcome temptation is to give in to it.”
The Zoroastrians, for heaven's sake, founded a whole religion on Light and Dark, Good and Bad.
On the doors of a Crematorium were the words: “Mors janua vitae” - Death is the gateway to Life.
See? Works every time!
Here are some words with their opposites for that witty little repost on your favourite site:
strong/weak (especially for artistic judgements. e.g. “This is a very strong painting.”)
sunny/cloudy (especially for character assassinations. e.g. “Once again a raincloud appears among the comments…”)
tame/wild (“Let's go wild and think!: What a nice safe tame comment is that one!”)
Theirs/yours/ours (They have to do something now to avert a crisis. You have to pay £50 for every time you visit a doctor when you visit one of Our hospitals. All contrasted)
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