Read this excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
"That's right," said the Queen, patting her on the head,
which Alice didn't like at all, though, when you say
'garden, -I'VE seen gardens, compared with which
this would be a wilderness."
Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: "--and
I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill"
"When you say 'hill," the Queen interrupted, "I could
show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that
a valley."
Why does the Red Queen use opposites to describe
the garden and the hill?
to remind Alice that she is the Red Queen and Alice
is just a commoner who must mind her manners
O to describe to Alice just how horrible and small all
other gardens and hills really are
to make the point that her garden and hill are better
and bigger than any others
O to convince Alice to stay with her in her garden and
on top of her hill in the looking-glass land