Understatement and usage

What type of figurative language fits the definition? "A figure of speech that intentionally understates something or implies that it is lesser in significance or size than it really is"

• Hyperbole

• Meiosis

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Which of the following is an example of understatement?

• Saying, "It's really cold outside" when actually it's extremely cold outside.

• Saying "What a beautiful day" when it is actually raining heavily.

• Saying, "This is the best song I've ever heard," when actually you've heard lots of amazing songs.

• Saying, "She's not a bad cook" when actually she's a five-star chef

After winning the championship, an athlete says, "We didn't play too badly." 

This is ________.

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff upper lip.

• Craig cried even more than Vivian had expected

• Craig cried about as much as Vivian had expected.

• Craig cried a little less than Vivian had expected.

• Craig did not cry.

She is not unlike her mother.

• Hyperbole

• Litotes

Explain the concept of litotes with an example.

• Litotes is a figure of speech that uses understatement to emphasize a point by denying its opposite. For example, saying 'I am not unhappy' to convey that you are actually happy.

• Litotes is a type of colorful and vivid language used to exaggerate a point. For example, saying 'I am extremely unhappy' to convey that you are actually happy.

• Litotes is a type of onomatopoeia that uses words to imitate natural sounds. For example, saying 'buzz' to convey that you are actually happy.

• Litotes is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things. For example, saying 'I am as happy as a clam' to convey that you are actually happy.

"I haven't seen you in a million years!"

"¡No te he visto en un millón de años!"

• Overstatement

• Understatement

All in all, she wasn’t a bad dancer.

• Litotes

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

3. I suppose that getting into a fistfight with the principal was a little bit out of line. This is an example of

• Understatement
• Hyperbole

a statement that says less than it means; often used for comedic effect

• alliteration

• metaphor

• understatement

• simile