He heard me. He stood up. He maneuvered with his oars and headed the boat towards me. He had accepted my offer. And suddenly I trembled, down deep. For he had raised his arm and waved - the first time in so many, so many years. And I couldn't...In terror, my hair on end, I ran, I fled madly."

Which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer in these lines?

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Responses

allusion
allusion

hyperbole
hyperbole

irony
irony

paradox