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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 54

Literary Forms, Genres, and Modes of Expression · Aesthetic and Rhetorical Strategies: Narrative and poetic techniques, and figures of speech · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which literary device does the following line employ?
“A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend.”

  1. Antithesis
  2. Antistrophe
  3. Oxymoron
  4. Apostrophe

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Correct answer: (A) Antithesis

Explanation

The line sets a foe against a friend and timorous against suspicious in a balanced way. That is antithesis.