“he spoke less and listened more” is an example of which rhetorical device?
a. synecedoche
b. antithesis
c. paralipsis
d. epimone

The answer is indeed letter B. antithesis.

Explanation:

The sentence "He spoke less and listened more" contrasts two ideas by employing words that are each other's opposite: less and more. The figure of speech which expresses opposition or contrast via a parallelism of words is called antithesis. Another example of antithesis would be as follows:

- Sweet is the start of a relationship, but bitter is its end. --> the adjectives "sweet" and "bitter" express opposing ideas.

Note:

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.