Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
—attributed to John Lennon
A: euphemism
B: paradox
The text uses a paradox, a statement that might at first appear to be contradictory, but that may in fact contain some truth.
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination at first appears to be contradictory, as reality and imagination are opposites. However, it contains some truth: what we see as real often employs our ability to imagine things.