Which type of figurative language is shown in the sentence below?

“If there’s one thing I know, it’s that I know nothing,” she said.
A. Hyperbole
B. Paradox
C. Personification
D. Simile

1 answer

The sentence “If there’s one thing I know, it’s that I know nothing,” contains a B. Paradox. A paradox is a statement that appears contradictory or self-refuting but may reveal a truth. Here, the speaker claims to know nothing, which contradicts the idea of knowledge itself.