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Question 6 • Literature and Composition IV

Read the line from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest . Cecily: It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The literary device used in this line is a(n)

Answer
A
epigram.
B
understatement.
C
paradox.
D
pun.