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An understatement is the downplay of something.
Answer: "A savage servility/slides by on grease" - Alliteration, when words that start with the same sound or same letter are used repeatedly. 2. "For the dark downward and vegetating kingdom" - Personification, is the metaphor used to paint an image in the mind of the reader; to emphasize a point.
What is the underlined word? And if the underlined word is cottage then it is A.