Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds, and so was Jim to get away
from the swamp. We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do
seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't.
This excerpt provides an example of a(n)
oxymoron
allusion
hyperbole
paradox

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Paradox.

Step-by-step explanation

A paradox is a term to refer to an idea logically contradictory or opposed to the general consideration of what is considered true. According to the above, the fragment is a paradox because the author refers to the boat as a "home". In addition, he expresses "Other places seem so crowded and suffocating, but a raft does not", which could be considered a logically contradictory idea because a raft is very small or suffocating in size. So the correct answer is D. Paradox.