What are the figures of speech used in these two lines?
You won yourself a free gift.
Can you kindly repeat it again?

Tautology

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Alliteration

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Alliteration and Tautology

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A
Tautology

You won yourself a free gift.
Can you kindly repeat it again?
Tautology - Gifts are always free and the word ‘repeat’ implies that it will happen again.

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