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  • 20-01-2017
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The sentence below contains an example of which type of wordplay?



"She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile."

"The Rivals" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

paradox
malapropism
pun
oxymoron

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annaleenbaldwin
annaleenbaldwin annaleenbaldwin
  • 22-01-2017
The answer would be an Oxymoron.
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