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The statement "Speech is silver, but silence is gold" is an example of: *
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Metaphor
Anecdote
Antithesis
• Rhetorical conditional
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Antithesis.
It contrasts two opposing ideas ("speech" vs. "silence") in a balanced, parallel structure to highlight the preference for silence. (It also uses metaphorical comparison, but the primary device is antithesis.)
It contrasts two opposing ideas ("speech" vs. "silence") in a balanced, parallel structure to highlight the preference for silence. (It also uses metaphorical comparison, but the primary device is antithesis.)
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