The excerpt has an example of what literary device?

Question

“However, I altered my traps; and not to trouble you with particulars, going one morning to see my traps, I found in one of them a large old he-goat…”
—Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
I think it is paradox
Understatement

Paradox

Ambiguity

Overstatement

Answer 1

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Double-check the meanings of all the words, and let us know what you decide.