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The theme of a story is the main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. The plot of a story is the main events of a literary work.
A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement, something that sounds bigger than it actually is.
The opposite of that would be making something sound smaller, not as bad or not as good, etc, as it actually is, like an understatement.
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