Binary Oppositions

4 Feb

Task 1: Create a list of binary oppositions from this extract:

*Press ‘file’ then ‘make a copy’ to get your own file.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”

Best Worst
Best of times Worst of times
wisdom foolishness
light darkness
spring winter
hope despair
everything nothing
heaven the other way (hell)
good evil

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