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Paha777 [63]
2 years ago
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Denise came in from shoveling snow in the driveway. Her lips were blue, her nose was red, and there were little icicles on her e

yelashes. “I may have to skip a swim in the lake today,” she told her mother. Which literary device did the author use in the passage?
a. understatement
b. irony
c. hyperbole
d. allegory
English
2 answers:
Bumek [7]2 years ago
5 0

D. Understatement

Yes, I am correct.

shtirl [24]2 years ago
4 0

a. understatement

The author uses understatement to make it look like Denise knew her condition was bad, and that it was very cold outside, but by sayin I might have to skip a swim in the lake today, she says that it is very cold outside by making it look like the weather is a little bad.

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