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Question 7 • English 2

Which sentence contains an example of meiosis?

Answer

The crowd became an ocean of noise, erupting in wild applause that was loud enough to drown out the opening notes of the first song.

After waking at sunrise, feeding the livestock, running errands for his mother, and working a double shift waiting tables, Adam knew he would sleep like a rock.

As she crossed the finish line drenched in sweat, breathing heavily, and completely drained, Jeannie quipped, “I could really go for a nap right about now.”

The children held tightly to the rope that connected them to each other and their teacher as they crossed the street, creating a brilliant, slithering snake.

Explanation

Meiosis is deliberate understatement: a speaker describes something as less serious or intense than it really is. Jeannie is drenched in sweat, breathing heavily, and completely drained after a race, yet she says she could “really go for a nap,” understating how exhausted she is. The other choices use exaggeration or metaphor rather than understatement.

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