And when I had said this my heart beat more firmly.
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?
(1 point)
Responses
a. allusion
b. hyperbole
c. irony
d. paradox