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Identify the figures of speech in the given lines.
We had everything before us,
We had nothing before us.


A

Repetition and Antithesis

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Repetition and Hyperbole

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Repetition and Anticlimax

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Repetition and Climax

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Solution

The correct option is A

Repetition and Antithesis


We had everything before us,
We had nothing before us.
Repetition - ‘We had...’ is repeated in the beginning of both the lines.
Antithesis - The phrase ‘everything before us’ is the opposite of
‘nothing before us’.


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