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Rhetorical Devices in a Political Speech

Question 7 • 2026-2027_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.

Answer
A
alliteration
B
allusion
C
antithesis
D
irony

Explanation

The saying places contrasting ideas—“friends” and “enemies”—in a balanced sentence, which is antithesis. The contrast between keeping friends close and keeping enemies even closer makes choice C, antithesis, the best answer.

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