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A figure of speech placing two ideas that are very different in meaning, together. This is used in rhetoric to balance out contrasting ideas in parallel arrangements of words.

A. Aliteration

B. Puns

C. Antithesis

D. Irony

answer is: C. Antithesis

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The correct option is C. Antithesis

Out of the four given options, Antithesis correctly matches with the given definition: A figure of speech placing two ideas that are very different in meaning, together. This is used in rhetoric to balance out contrasting ideas in parallel arrangements of words.
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