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Which of these lines from Through the Looking-Glass best illustrates Lewis Carroll’s use of opposites in the novel?

“I think I'll go and meet her,” said Alice, for, though the flowers were interesting enough, she felt that it would be far grander to have a talk with a real Queen.
“Where do you come from?” said the Red Queen. “And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time.”
“When you say ‘hill,’” the Queen interrupted, “I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.”
Alice curtseyed again, as she was afraid from the Queen's tone that she was a LITTLE offended: and they walked on in silence till they got to the top of the little hill.

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The brooch had come undone as she spoke, and a sudden gust of wind blew the Queen's shawl across a little brook. The Queen spread out her arms again, and went flying after it, and this time she succeeded in catching it for herself. "I've got it!" she cried in a triumphant tone. "Now you shall see me pin it on again, all by myself!"

—Through the Looking-Glass,

Lewis Carroll

Read this passage. Then paraphrase it in your own words.

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Answer: The piece where the Queen states "I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.” Using opposites to get a point across. a Valley and Hill are opposing things.

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