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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."

References

^ "Antanagoge Dictionary Definition". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
^ Examples of word usage

[Antanagoge-1] "Antanagoge Dictionary Definition". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2014-10-28.

[2] Examples of word usage

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+{{Short description|Redirecting rhetorical device}}
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-''Noun''
-An '''antanagoge''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''ἀνταναγωγή'', a leading or bringing up), is a [[figure of speech|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 own speech or writing.<ref name=Antanagoge>{{cite web|title=Antanagoge Dictionary Definition|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/bible/antanagoge|website=Dictionary.com|accessdate=10/28/2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web}}</ref>
+An '''antanagoge''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''ἀνταναγωγή'', a leading or bringing up), is a [[figure of speech|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.<ref name=Antanagoge>{{cite web|title=Antanagoge Dictionary Definition|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/bible/antanagoge|website=Dictionary.com|accessdate=2014-10-28}}</ref>
+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:
+It may also refer to placing a positive outlook on a situation that has a negative connotation, such as in the following examples:<ref>[https://wordfusion.org/ Examples of word usage]</ref>
-'''Literary Examples'''
-:"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
+'''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."
-'''Modern Rhetoric Examples'''
-Person 1: How come your terrible anti-global warming initiative will cost us 3 billion dollars?
-Person 2: Won’t the pain of money loss be worth saving billions of human lives?
-'''Relation to Tu Quoqee Falacy'''
-The Quoque Falacy is explained as discrediting the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position. Antanagoge is similar in that it is a counter argument, yet differs as the counter argument attacks the rhetor’s argument, not his/her argumentative style itself.
 ==See also==
-*[[Recrimination]]
+* [[Paradiastole]]
-*[[Tu quoque]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Figures of speech]]