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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Unit Test

Question 4 • Common Core ELA 12 - ELA3012 B-IC

Which description of the picture is an example of understatement?

Answer
A
Yasmin is the strongest reader in the class.
B
Yasmin borrowed eleven books from the library.
C
Yasmin doesn’t completely hate reading.

Explanation

Understatement deliberately makes something sound less important or intense than it really is. Saying Yasmin “doesn’t completely hate reading” is a restrained way of suggesting that she likes reading. The other choices state facts directly without minimizing them.

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