Question

Denise came in from shoveling snow in the driveway. Her lips were blue, her nose was red, and there were little icicles on her eyelashes. “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

Answer 1

D. Understatement

Yes, I am correct.

Answer 2

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.