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Read the following excerpt from The Call of the Wild. and answer the question that follows

"And as Buck understood the oaths to be love words, so the man understood this feigned bite for a caress."
In the excerpt above, the words "oaths" and "love words" are examples of an author using:

onomatopoeia
synonyms
similes
antithesis

Hint its not similies

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Answer: the answer is antithesis.

Explanation: antithesis to each other, as are the words "oaths" and "love words."

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