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In Act III, Mercutio gets stabbed and is about to die. He speaks of his wound to Romeo. Mercutio's lines in bold below is an example of what figurative language device?

MERCUTIO: No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough,

a.simile
b.situational irony
c.antithesis
d.understatement

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In Act III, Mercutio gets stabbed and is about to die. He speaks of his wound to Romeo. Mercutio's lines in bold below is an example of what figurative language device?

MERCUTIO: No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough,

a.simile
b.situational irony
c.antithesis ✅
d.understatement
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